Tetairoa McMillan or Rashee Rice: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tetairoa McMillan at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 54th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 57th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 82 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 5 of 8 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Tetairoa McMillan 12.4, 6.3 a game between them.

Tetairoa McMillan finished WR16 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Tetairoa McMillan had 44 more targets than Rashee Rice, 122 to 78.

Tetairoa McMillan had 443 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1014 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 82 percent.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.