Jaylen Warren or Rashee Rice: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jaylen Warren at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 71st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 88.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 55 percent of PIT snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 10 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Jaylen Warren was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 5.2 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 and Rashee Rice WR40, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Warren is a running back and Rashee Rice a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Warren is off in Week 9 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Warren is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.