Should I start Josh Allen or Rashee Rice in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Josh Allen's market-based projection is 22.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Rashee Rice's market-based projection is 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Allen, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Josh Allen has been on the field for 99 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 273 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 273 dropbacks and scrambled 20 times.

In Week 6 against LV he completed 23 of 33 passes for 255 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he completed 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 30 yards.

In Week 9 against MIN he completed 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

Through Week 9, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Allen played 17 games and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.

He threw for 3668 yards on 460 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.

That came to 27.1 attempts a game at 8.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Josh Allen was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Rashee Rice 18.8, 3.3 a game between them.

Josh Allen finished QB1 and Rashee Rice WR40, which are two different ladders.

Josh Allen is a quarterback 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

Josh Allen is off in Week 7 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

9.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.