The Miami Dolphins will face the New York Jets in Week 18. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding WR Jaylen Waddle.
Is Jaylen Waddle Playing in Week 18?
Waddle has missed the past two weeks with a knee injury. However, he has a chance to return after logging a full practice on Friday. Waddle is listed as questionable on the final injury report.
We’ll continue to monitor the Dolphins’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Jaylen Waddle in Week 18?
Waddle missed last week’s win over the Browns with a knee injury, and his status is currently cloudy, although Mike McDaniel did sound optimistic when addressing the media on Monday.
His health, of course, is only one piece of the puzzle. Tua Tagovailoa is dealing with a hip injury, and Tyler Huntley is getting the early reps in practice this week. The Dolphins are still mathematically alive, and that has me leaning in the direction of Tagovailoa, but we have nothing definitive at this point in time, and it makes a HUGE difference:
- With Tagovailoa: 23.4% production over expectation, 1.9 yards/route, and 10.6 aDOT
- With Huntley: 30.4% production below expectation, 1.4 yards/route, and 8.1 aDOT
Waddle turned 12 targets into nine grabs and 99 yards in Week 14 against these Jets, a stat line that is encouraging if Tagovailoa is under center. The part that worries me about Huntley is that the production change is a result of a significantly different role.
Waddle is a talented player, and the dip in aDOT makes a viable performance possible but not projectable, and that would have him falling from a starter in most formats with Tagovailoa to a ‘pivot-if-possible’ option if not.
Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Week 18 Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.
Jaylen Waddle’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 18
As of Sunday, Waddle is projected to score 12.7 fantasy points in PPR formats. This includes 4.6 receptions for 60.4 yards and 0.3 touchdowns.
Check out the free PFN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.
Jaylen Waddle’s Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship WR PPR Rankings
1) A.J. Brown | PHI (vs. WAS)
2) Terry McLaurin | WAS (at PHI)
3) DeVonta Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
4) Khalil Shakir | BUF (at KC)
5) Xavier Worthy | KC (vs. BUF)
6) Hollywood Brown | KC (vs. BUF)
7) DeAndre Hopkins | KC (vs. BUF)
8) Keon Coleman | BUF (at KC)
9) Dyami Brown | WAS (at PHI)
10) Mack Hollins | BUF (at KC)
11) Amari Cooper | BUF (at KC)
12) Curtis Samuel | BUF (at KC)
13) Olamide Zaccheaus | WAS (at PHI)
14) JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC (vs. BUF)
15) Jahan Dotson | PHI (vs. WAS)
16) Jamison Crowder | WAS (at PHI)
17) Luke McCaffrey | WAS (at PHI)
18) Justin Watson | KC (vs. BUF)
19) Johnny Wilson | PHI (vs. WAS)
20) Parris Campbell | PHI (vs. WAS)
21) Nikko Remigio | KC (vs. BUF)
22) Ainias Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
