Should I start Stefon Diggs or Pat Freiermuth in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 7:16 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Pat Freiermuth: 68 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Stefon Diggs's 58 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets. 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 Stefon Diggs for Pat Freiermuth?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pat Freiermuth projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR38 · WAS · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Market-based projection
- 9.4 pts a game
TE14 · PIT · bye 9
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- Market-based projection
- 8.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 97
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The gap
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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 Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Stefon Diggs's market-based projection is 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 12 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Pat Freiermuth, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
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 6, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.
His 29 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.
He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.
That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Side by side
In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 5.7 a game between them.
Stefon Diggs finished WR17 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.
Stefon Diggs is a wide receiver and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Pat Freiermuth has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Pat Freiermuth?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pat Freiermuth projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Stefon Diggs?
No. Keep Pat Freiermuth: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).
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