Don’t discount Jaylen Waddle: he’s a top-10 fantasy WR
Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Hayden Winks is joined by Jakob Sanderson and Sam Sherman discuss how the new Broncos wide receiver will deliver as one of the top options at his position. Check out the full conversation on "Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
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All right, my first one, I'm gonna go up the board here.
Jalen Wadde is gonna be a top 10 wide receiver.
I've been drafting him plenty in the fourth round.
I think that he should be going in the third round right next to the, to, DeVonta Smith.
Now that he's fully back at practice, he's been beating Pat Surtain down the field, he's been getting open on these crossing routes, and it's just very obvious that Sean Payton's gonna make him a centerpiece.
He was the, already the wide receiver 12 in 2022.
He nearly hit that mark as a rookie when he was the wide receiver 18.
Sean Payton has 11 seasons, as a top five offense in pass attempts.
He's finished top half of the league in 14 of 21, seasons.
On top of that, both seasons in, with Bo Nix, they've, this has been a pass first team.
I don't think people understand that necessarily.
Fourth in neutral pass rate, eighth in neutral pace, 15th in points per game.
The only thing we're waiting for is Bo Nix to take that next step, and, I think a lot of people discount that because, they didn't like him as a prospect, I guess.
But we're talking about a, a year three player who's had some, some success.
And then with Jalen Waddle, he's just gonna eat up so much of that screen volume in, over the last two seasons.
Bo Nix, Sean Payton, they've been number one in screens.
And they do throw some screens to the wide, to the running backs, but it's actually a lot of them are actually to the wide receivers.
Like, both Marvin Mims and Troy Franklin have averaged over a target per game in the screen, in the screen game over the last two seasons, which is absurd.
I think all that stuff's gonna go to Jalen Waddle.
Courtland Sutton's gonna get the X receiver stuff.
Jalen Waddle's gonna be the move piece.
He's done this before.
This is gonna be an awesome offense, and I just think that we're discounting Jalen Waddle 'cause the injury concerns.
And guess what?
A lot of the players in round three are gonna get injured.
But as long as he stays healthy, I think he's gonna go all the way to the moon
