Should I start George Pickens or Rashee Rice in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

George Pickens's market-based projection is 14.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, George Pickens has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 6 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 62 percent of KC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 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.

George Pickens was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and George Pickens 17.2, 1.6 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

George Pickens had 59 more targets than Rashee Rice, 137 to 78.

George Pickens had 858 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1429 to 571.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 62 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.