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Should I start Drake London or Stefon Diggs in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 3:16 PM ET.

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  • : Drake London: Listed Questionable (Head) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Drake London: 92 percent of the snaps and 31 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Stefon Diggs's 62 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Drake London?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake London projects 153 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 9 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games). Drake London is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR20 · ATL · bye 11

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Market-based projection
17.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
53

WR21 · WAS · bye 7

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Overall rank
55

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake London, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Drake London is 3.6 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 Stefon Diggs is 3.4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Drake London has been on the field for 88 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 56 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 118 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 4 of 10 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 7 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 60 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 4.5 a game between them.

Drake London finished WR19 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

Drake London had 10 more targets than Stefon Diggs, 112 to 102.

Stefon Diggs had 94 more receiving yards than Drake London, 1013 to 919.

This season Drake London holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 60 percent.

This season Drake London holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Drake London is off in Week 11 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drake London is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Drake London?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake London projects 153 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 9 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games). Drake London is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Drake London for Stefon Diggs?

    No. Keep Drake London: he projects 153 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 9 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games). Drake London is listed questionable.

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