Should I start Jared Wayne or Rashee Rice in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Wayne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jared Wayne is 0.3 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.

No season market is posted for Rashee Rice, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 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 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

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 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 14.8 a game between them.

Rashee Rice had 76 more targets than Jared Wayne, 78 to 2.

Rashee Rice had 551 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 571 to 20.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 0 percent.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Jared Wayne is off in Week 6 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.