A.J. Brown or Rashee Rice: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Our board does not carry Rashee Rice at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Rashee Rice, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and A.J. Brown 14.7, 4.1 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

A.J. Brown had 43 more targets than Rashee Rice, 121 to 78.

A.J. Brown had 432 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1003 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 44 percent.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Rashee Rice.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.