Should I start Rachaad White or Stefon Diggs in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 12:36 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Stefon Diggs: 62 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rachaad White's 57 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the carries. 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 Rachaad White?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rachaad White projects 38 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.8 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Rachaad White

RB31 · WAS · bye 7

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Overall rank: 91

Stefon Diggs

WR37 · WAS · bye 7

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Overall rank: 92

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The gap

Board size295 draftable players

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 Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rachaad White is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Rachaad White has been on the field for 53 percent of WAS snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 0.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 60 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 4.0 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

Rachaad White is a running back and Stefon Diggs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Rachaad White?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rachaad White projects 38 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.8 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Rachaad White for Stefon Diggs?
No. Keep Rachaad White: he projects 38 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.8 a game over 10 games), Stefon Diggs 33 (3.3 a game over 10 games).