Darren Waller Fantasy Football News & Podcast Insights

Darren Waller: vs. 2-high: 0.39 YPRR (Last) 0.08 TPRR (2nd Fewest) Vs. 1-high: 1.95 YPRR (5th) 0.21 TPRR (11th) Packers defense: 2-high rate 66% (3rd) Zone rate 70% (1st) TE YPRR allowed 0.91 (8th fewest)

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NegativeRoleOct 28, 2026Fantasy Life Articles

Carolina hasn't made Waller a full-time route runner despite his long touchdown. He has lined up in the slot on 56% of his routes and been in motion at the snap on 14%; he has run routes on 54% of 11-personnel dropbacks and 91% of 13-personnel dropbacks, a package the Panthers rarely use. Receiver Score rates him as a bye-week flier in TE-premium leagues only.

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NegativeRoleOct 28, 2026Fantasy Life Articles

Waller's long touchdown was fun but Carolina hasn't made him a full-time route runner. He lines up in slot on 56% of routes with 14% motion at snap. He ran routes on 54% of 11-personnel dropbacks and 91% of 13-personnel dropbacks in his games, but Panthers rarely use the three-tight-end package. Receiver Score rates him as bye-week flier in TE-premium leagues.

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NegativeValueOct 28, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Ranked 28th among tight ends in rest-of-season trade value with a HALFPPR value of 5, placing him in the lower tier of trade assets.

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NegativeRoleOct 27, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Darren Waller was acquired by the Giants in March following the 2022 trade deadline, representing a post-deadline addition to the roster during the Giants' previous playoff cycle.

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PositiveUsageOct 27, 2026FantasyPros Articles

Waller caught 1 of 2 targets for 50 yards and a touchdown with target share at 6.5% (up from 4.9% in Week 6). Snap share was 45% (Week 6: 46%). He scored despite limited volume in a game where the Panthers' offense was flattened.

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PositiveProjectionOct 27, 2026RotoWire NFL Articles

Caught a very nice deep ball touchdown from Bryce Young in Week 7.

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PositiveProjectionOct 27, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Waller is ranked as the TE18 in week 8 rankings by Daniel Dobish of TheHuddle.com, with Carolina traveling to Green Bay.

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PositiveUsageOct 26, 2026RotoWire NFL Articles

Darren Waller played 60% of snaps before the fourth quarter with 21 routes (55% route share), receiving 2 targets for 50 yards and 1 TD. He saw significant red-zone work alongside McMillan and Coker.

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PositiveUsageOct 26, 2026Mattek Fantasy Football

Waller scored a 50-yard touchdown in Week 7 against Tampa Bay, which was described as the lone thing Bryce Young did well—hitting Waller in stride for the score. Despite Young's disastrous outing (14 of 27, two interceptions, five sacks, one lost fumble returned for a touchdown, only 27 aimed throws on 38 dropbacks), Waller remained a viable target and was the lone bright spot in the passing game.

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PositiveProjectionOct 26, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Waller can't help but score a touchdown, suggesting consistent scoring ability for the Dolphins tight end as part of the improving Dolphins offense.

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PositiveUsageOct 26, 2026FFin60

Darren Waller's 50-yard touchdown led Carolina's team in receiving in the 43-13 loss, but he paced the tight ends at only a 58% snap rate before garbage time and has cleared a 14% target rate just once this year, so the big play looks more like noise than a breakout.

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NegativeUsageOct 26, 2026RotoWire NFL Articles

Waller was the only bright spot in Carolina's Week 7 offensive performance against Tampa Bay, catching a long pass that produced the only points the starting offense generated in the game.

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PositiveNewsOct 25, 2026Underdog NFL

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National TE Day TDs: Darnell Washington Darren Waller Davis Allen (2) Drew Sample Kyle Pitts Mason Taylor (2) Mike Gesicki Nick Muse TJ Hockenson Trey McBride Tucker Kraft

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PositiveNewsOct 25, 2026SleeperNFL

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TEs that have scored on National TE Day: Darnell Washington Kyle Pitts Nick Muse Drew Sample Mike Gesicki Darren Waller TJ Hockenson Mason Taylor Trey McBride Tucker Kraft Davis Allen

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PositiveProjectionOct 25, 2026Yahoo Fantasy Football

Waller finished Week 7 with 11.5 fantasy points, reaching TE1 territory; his entire day was built on a single 50-yard catch-and-run for a TD.

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NegativeInjuryOct 25, 2026Zain Dhanani

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Panthers (vs Buccaneers): Taylor Moton was carted off with an ankle injury early in the 3Q, which will hurt blocking moving forward Removed garbage time from everything Personnel on dropbacks: 11 at 58%, 12 at 32%, 13 at 11% RBs: Chuba Hubbard: 75% opp share, 78% rush att share, 76% route share, 20% TPRR, 1.08 YPRR, 100% 3rd down snap share Still a low end RB1 weekly given the usage Trevor Etienne: 25% opp share, 22% rush att share, 21% route share, 29% TPRR, 2.43 YPRR, 0% 3rd down snap share...

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PositiveUsageOct 25, 2026Bucs Nation

Caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Young in the second quarter, providing Carolina's only offensive touchdown in the 43-13 loss and demonstrating his deep-threat capability despite the Panthers' overall offensive struggles.

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NegativeUsageOct 25, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Young in the second quarter, providing one of Carolina's few offensive bright spots in the 43-13 loss.

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PositiveUsageOct 25, 2026Cat Scratch Reader

Waller caught a 50-yard touchdown reception over the top from Bryce Young in the second quarter; provided the Panthers' only offensive spark during the blowout loss.

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PositiveUsageOct 25, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Waller was hit over the top by Bryce Young for a 50-yard touchdown reception, providing one of the few bright spots in the Panthers' offensive performance during the blowout loss.

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NegativeUsageOct 25, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Waller caught the Panthers' only touchdown of the first half—a 50-yard reception—but the score was negated when the PAT attempt was blocked by Tykee Smith and McCollum returned it for a defensive 2-point conversion, the first of the 2024 NFL season.

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PositiveNewsOct 25, 2026SleeperNFL

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Tight end touchdowns so far on national tight ends day: - Darnell Washington - Mason Taylor - Darren Waller - Nick Muse

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PositiveNewsOct 25, 2026SleeperNFL

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DARREN WALLER TOUCHDOWN ON NATIONAL TE DAY LFG <

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PositiveUsageOct 25, 2026Matt Harmon

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Beautiful deep touchdown from Bryce Young on the post route to Darren Waller. Just pinpoint over the defender with multiple guys in the area. Obviously helps that Waller is massive. 50 yard TD on a good response after the sack/fumble TD on the prior drive.

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PositiveNewsOct 25, 2026SleeperNFL

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starting Darren Waller on National TE Day:

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PositiveValueOct 24, 2026Footballguys

Watson is Love's most common partner in optimal lineups at 34 percent. Given how popular Golden is projected to be, the source would lean toward pairing Love with Watson.

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PositiveNewsOct 23, 2026SleeperNFL

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Pick a TE to start in Week 7: Darren Waller vs TB Michael Mayer vs LAR Dalton Schultz vs NYG

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PositiveNewsOct 23, 2026SleeperNFL

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Fantasy points allowed to the TE position by Detroit: Week 1 - Juwan Johnson (12.9 FPTS) Week 2 - Dalton Kincaid (19.0 FPTS) Week 3 - Kenyon Sadiq (20 FPTS) Week 4 - Darren Waller (5.1 FPTS) Week 5 - Trey McBride (17.1 FPTS) This is a Tucker Kraft post.

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PositiveRoleOct 23, 2026FantasyPros Articles

Last week, Carolina split tight end duties between Tommy Tremble and Darren Waller. Waller had only a 45.9% snap rate, 42.9% route share, 5.1% target share, and 7.7% first-read share, failing to secure either of his two targets. He is a risky deep-league streamer only, with Tampa Bay allowing the 11th-most receiving fantasy points per game to tight ends but ranking 16th in fantasy points per opportunity.

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PositiveRoleOct 23, 2026FantasyPros Articles

Waller split tight end duties with Tommy Tremble in Week 6, posting only a 45.9% snap rate, 42.9% route share, 5.1% target share and 7.1% first-read share. He did not secure either one of his two targets. Waller is a risky deep-league streamer only.

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NegativeProjectionOct 22, 2026Flock Fantasy

Darren Waller is mentioned as part of the tier discussion for tight ends but no specific insight or ranking is provided in the transcript.

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PositiveInjuryOct 22, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Tight end Darren Waller returned as a full participant after receiving rest Wednesday, indicating he is healthy and available for Sunday's matchup against Tampa Bay.

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