Should I start DJ Moore or Rashee Rice in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.9 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 Rashee Rice is 2.8 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

DJ Moore was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 8.8 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

DJ Moore had 7 more targets than Rashee Rice, 85 to 78.

DJ Moore had 111 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 682 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 51 percent.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as out on the injury report.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.