Should I start Rashee Rice or Emeka Egbuka in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.3 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.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 so far

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.

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Emeka Egbuka 11.5, 7.3 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 49 more targets than Rashee Rice, 127 to 78.

Emeka Egbuka had 367 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 938 to 571.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 64 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as questionable on the injury report.