Josh Downs or Rhamondre Stevenson: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Josh Downs at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 80th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Rhamondre Stevenson at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 90th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Downs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 126.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 82.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Josh Downs has been on the field for 86 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 7 of 9 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 63 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against SEA he carried 18 times for 51 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 4.2 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

Josh Downs is a wide receiver and Rhamondre Stevenson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.