Should I start Stefon Diggs or Rashee Rice in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

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

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.

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 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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 6.4 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Stefon Diggs had 24 more targets than Rashee Rice, 102 to 78.

Stefon Diggs had 442 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1013 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 60 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable on the injury report.