Josh Downs or Stefon Diggs: who to draft first
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, measured across live 2026 drafts.
Updated Aug 27, 2026 at 8:58 AM ET
The board takes Josh Downs first, 4 spots ahead of Stefon Diggs. That crosses a tier break, tier 8 to tier 9, so the board order is the tiebreak rather than roster need. On the clock? Take Josh Downs. They fill the same slot, so the one you pass on is the one you hope falls back to you.
Josh Downs
WR42 · IND · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 90
- Draft pick
- 8.04 (ADP 87.7 overall)
- Tier
- 8
Stefon Diggs
WR43 · WAS · bye 7
- Overall rank
- 94
- Draft pick
- 8.08 (ADP 91.5 overall)
- Tier
- 9
The gap
- Spots apart on the board4
- Pick difference3.8 picks of ADP
- Tierstier 8 and tier 9
- Board size280 draftable players
Every figure here is consensus average draft position measured across live drafts, not an opinion. The verdict line above restates board order and the tier gap and nothing else. Where the round.pick form is shown it assumes a 12-team league.
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