Should I start Stefon Diggs or Corey Kiner in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 13 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 7 times for 38 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 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 10.0 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 and Corey Kiner RB112, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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