Fantasy managers forget just how good Waddle was at his peak. He posted three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons to open his career before Tyreek Hill's arrival permanently scrambled the Dolphins' target distribution. With Hill dominating the offense, Waddle became a secondary option in the worst possible way. He was still running the same routes, still winning, but not getting the ball as much as he deserved. His 2024 was miserable (WR49 overall, nine games under seven points) and his 2025 in Miami wasn't much better on a per-game basis (WR28 at 10.1 per game), but the 92nd-percentile PFF route grade and 89th-percentile YPRR–both among the best in the league–indicates that the talent hasn't eroded. Matt Harmon of Reception Perception has called Waddle "an obvious good receiver" and believes his "production could shoot through the roof" as the WR1 in Denver, and the case isn't hard to make. In 29 career games without Hill, Waddle has averaged 5.5 catches, 65 yards, and 0.38 touchdowns on 7.9 targets per game, or 11.8 fantasy points per game, numbers that sit firmly in WR1 territory. Denver gives him the best opportunity of his post-Hill career. He arrives as the clear WR1 in an offense that Bo Nix ran as the overall QB8 last season. Nix isn't elite–58th percentile in EPA per dropback, 36th percentile in CPOE–but he's functional, accurate enough to hit the short-to-intermediate routes that make Waddle dangerous. Courtland Sutton is over 30 and aging out of his prime. Troy Franklin is a legitimate second weapon but hasn't yet pushed into lead-dog territory. Evan Engram at tight end and a capable backfield of RJ Harvey and J.K. Dobbins round out an offense with enough complementary pieces to keep defenses from keying on Waddle. He turns 28 in November–still squarely in his prime–and the arrow is pointing up after three years of artificially suppressed production. He's going as the WR24, and for a player with a legitimate top-12 ceiling in his first season as an unambiguous WR1, that's a price worth paying.