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Waddle is the WR50 on WR38 usage this year. His 6.4 targets per game are 32nd at the position, and they've led to career-worst efficiency...left the game late with a new chest injury after landing on the ball after fumbling a reverse.
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Waddle's career-worst efficiency and chest injury make him a fade despite Week 4 upside.

Waddle is WR50 on WR38 usage this year with 6.4 targets per game (32nd at position) leading to career-worst efficiency. Despite a 28% target share and 104 air yards in Week 4 that generated WR19 expected half PPR points, he's failed to convert expected production into actual results. Week 7 was forgettable with drops, miscommunications with Bo Nix, and a new chest injury after fumbling a reverse. The Chiefs matchup is brutal—Kansas City allows 31st-most half PPR points to WRs and opponents pass just 47% in neutral situations (second-lowest in NFL), funneling volume away. Denver is 1.5-point home underdog with 22nd-ranked implied total (20 points). Waddle will face emerging Pro Bowl CB1 Mansoor Delane.

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