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Should I start Stefon Diggs or Jordan Mason in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 10:11 PM ET.

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Start Stefon Diggs: 62 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jordan Mason's 54 percent of the snaps and 52 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Jordan Mason?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Mason projects 55 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.5 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR36 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Overall rank
90

RB31 · MIN · bye 6

2025 vs rush yds line 8-8

Market-based projection
11.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
91

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 91st 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 Jordan Mason is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 4.3 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 and Jordan Mason RB36, which are two different ladders.

Stefon Diggs is a wide receiver and Jordan Mason a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Jordan Mason?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Mason projects 55 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.5 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Jordan Mason for Stefon Diggs?

    No. Keep Jordan Mason: he projects 55 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.5 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

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