Drew Sample or Stefon Diggs: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drew Sample: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Drew Sample at 1.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 209th highest figure of the 228 players the market prices.

The market has Stefon Diggs at 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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, Drew Sample has been on the field for 49 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 10.5 a game between them.

Drew Sample finished TE64 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

Drew Sample is a tight end and Stefon Diggs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Drew Sample.

Stefon Diggs is listed as out 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.