Should I start Brock Bowers or Stefon Diggs in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 83 percent of LV snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 8 of 10 targets for 110 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 4 of 9 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 73 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 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

Brock Bowers 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

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