Should I start Breece Hall or Stefon Diggs in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Breece Hall, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Breece Hall is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 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.

Breece Hall's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Breece Hall has been on the field for 57 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 16 times for 29 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 13 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 60 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Breece Hall scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 0.6 a game between them.

Breece Hall finished RB19 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

Breece Hall is a running back and Stefon Diggs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Breece Hall is off in Week 13 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Breece Hall is listed as out on the injury report.