Should I start Rashee Rice or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 9

Through Week 9, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rhamondre Stevenson was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 6.0 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

Rashee Rice is a wide receiver and Rhamondre Stevenson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as out on the injury report.