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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on Jaylen Waddle

Podcast12 biggest fantasy storylines heading into training campCaptured August 1, 2026
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Jalen Waddell is a perfect fit, in my opinion, to fit in this deployment where this offense likes to do short area and intermediate area type of stuff, right? So we're talking about screens. We're talking about little drag routes and slants. That, to me, is really, like, the way that... And everything that I'm read is that's how they want to use him.
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Dahani confirms Waddle's role is short/intermediate routes, not deep threat.

Zane Dahani reports that Denver's new offensive coordinator Davis Webb plans to deploy Waddle in short-area and intermediate routes—screens, drag routes, and slants—rather than as a deep threat to take the top off the defense. Dahani wrote about Waddle in his route-depth article and notes this deployment aligns with Denver's offensive preferences. Dahani is excited about the usage patterns emerging from camp.

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