Should I start Rashee Rice or DeMario Douglas in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 57 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 102 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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 13.1 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Rashee Rice had 32 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 78 to 46.

Rashee Rice had 124 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 571 to 447.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 57 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 17 percent each.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.