Stefon Diggs or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 5 of 9 targets for 115 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 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 0.1 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

Stefon Diggs had 3 more targets than DK Metcalf, 102 to 99.

Stefon Diggs had 163 more receiving yards than DK Metcalf, 1013 to 850.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 59 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Stefon Diggs is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.