The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast on Jaylen Waddle

PodcastLate-Round Perspectives: Eric BalkmanOctober 16, 2026

From the episode

Obviously he's been a bus thus far, but I think there's enough data and evidence and stuff to like, I'm not really that mad about the process of being like into Jalen Waddle this year... I didn't expect the Broncos to be a bottom five offense.

Mentioned at 36:55 – 37:18

STACKED’s take

Negative signalBust

Waddle's bust season blamed on Broncos offense collapse, not talent decline.

JJ Zachariason acknowledges Waddle has been a bust thus far in 2024, but argues the process of drafting him was sound given preseason expectations; the underperformance was driven by the Broncos offense being worse than anticipated (bottom-five offensive production) rather than a Waddle-specific talent decline, suggesting the miss was situational rather than a process error.