Should I start Garrett Wilson or Rashee Rice in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Garrett Wilson's market-based projection is 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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.

Rashee Rice was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Garrett Wilson 14.2, 4.5 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Rashee Rice had 19 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 78 to 59.

Rashee Rice had 176 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 571 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 64 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rashee Rice has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.