Should I start Stefon Diggs or Garrett Wilson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

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

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 7, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 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 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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 1.8 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Garrett Wilson WR62.

Stefon Diggs had 43 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 102 to 59.

Stefon Diggs had 618 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 1013 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 60 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.