Should I start Rashee Rice or Kyle Monangai in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 5:17 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 23, 2:43 PM ET: Rashee Rice: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 4:03 PM ET: Bears RB Kyle Monangai (toe, thumb) out Thursday vs. Patriots (ESPN)
Oct 21, 3:43 PM ET: Kyle Monangai: Questionable to Out (Toe, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Rashee Rice: 57 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kyle Monangai's 41 percent of the snaps and 43 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 Kyle Monangai for Rashee Rice?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashee Rice projects 76 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.6 a game over 10 games), Kyle Monangai 53 (5.9 a game over 9 games). Kyle Monangai is listed questionable. Rashee Rice is listed questionable.

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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.

Rashee Rice

WR40 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Overall rank: 104

Kyle Monangai

RB36 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 4-0

Overall rank: 105

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Their Week 8 outlook

The gap

Board size295 draftable players

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 Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Monangai, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Kyle Monangai is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 10.1 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 and Kyle Monangai RB30, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Kyle Monangai for Rashee Rice?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashee Rice projects 76 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.6 a game over 10 games), Kyle Monangai 53 (5.9 a game over 9 games). Kyle Monangai is listed questionable. Rashee Rice is listed questionable.
Should I drop Rashee Rice for Kyle Monangai?
No. Keep Rashee Rice: he projects 76 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.6 a game over 10 games), Kyle Monangai 53 (5.9 a game over 9 games). Rashee Rice is listed questionable. Kyle Monangai is listed questionable.