Mike Evans or Rashee Rice: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 68th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Mike Evans has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Both were available for 8 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 8.2 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Rashee Rice had 17 more targets than Mike Evans, 78 to 61.

Rashee Rice had 203 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 571 to 368.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 66 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.