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Should I start Brenton Strange or Stefon Diggs in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 7:51 PM ET.

Start Brenton Strange: 81 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Stefon Diggs's 58 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Brenton Strange?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Brenton Strange projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

TE13 · JAX · bye 7

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Market-based projection
8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
92

WR37 · WAS · bye 7

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Market-based projection
9.4 pts a game

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Their Week 7 outlook

The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

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

Stefon Diggs's market-based projection is 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 14 players with a market-based projection.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 2.5 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

Brenton Strange is a tight end 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

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Brenton Strange has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Brenton Strange?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Brenton Strange projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Brenton Strange for Stefon Diggs?

    No. Keep Brenton Strange: he projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).

Both players in full

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