Should I start Michael Wilson or Rashee Rice in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 2.4 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 Rashee Rice is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Michael Wilson was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Michael Wilson 13.0, 5.8 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Michael Wilson had 48 more targets than Rashee Rice, 126 to 78.

Michael Wilson had 435 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1006 to 571.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 64 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.