Stefon Diggs or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 251st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 260th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

What the player markets price

The market has Stefon Diggs at 0.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for A.J. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

A.J. Brown had 19 more targets than Stefon Diggs, 121 to 102.

Stefon Diggs had 10 more receiving yards than A.J. Brown, 1013 to 1003.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 44 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Stefon Diggs is listed as out on the injury report.

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