Stefon Diggs or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

What the player markets price

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Stefon Diggs's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 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 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 3.8 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Stefon Diggs had 42 more targets than Luther Burden III, 102 to 60.

Stefon Diggs had 361 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 1013 to 652.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 59 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 24 percent each.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Stefon Diggs is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.