Should I start Rashee Rice or Courtland Sutton in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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 Courtland Sutton is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

Through Week 6, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 5.8 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 46 more targets than Rashee Rice, 124 to 78.

Courtland Sutton had 446 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1017 to 571.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 64 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.