Should I start Demarcus Robinson or Rashee Rice in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Demarcus Robinson, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Demarcus Robinson is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Rashee Rice is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Demarcus Robinson has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Demarcus Robinson played 14 games and scored 58.2 PPR points, 4.2 a game, finishing WR99.

He caught 22 of 35 targets for 276 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Demarcus Robinson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Demarcus Robinson 4.2, 14.6 a game between them.

Demarcus Robinson finished WR99 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Rashee Rice had 43 more targets than Demarcus Robinson, 78 to 35.

Rashee Rice had 295 more receiving yards than Demarcus Robinson, 571 to 276.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 49 percent.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Demarcus Robinson is off in Week 8 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.