Should I start Stefon Diggs or Jakobi Meyers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 1.4 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Jakobi Meyers had 8 more targets than Stefon Diggs, 110 to 102.

Stefon Diggs had 178 more receiving yards than Jakobi Meyers, 1013 to 835.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 60 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.