Should I start Parker Washington or Rashee Rice in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 62 percent of KC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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.

Parker Washington was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 7.2 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Parker Washington had 17 more targets than Rashee Rice, 95 to 78.

Parker Washington had 276 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 847 to 571.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 62 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Rashee Rice has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.