Should I start Theo Wease or Rashee Rice in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Wease: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Theo Wease is 0.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

No season market is posted for Rashee Rice, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Theo Wease has been on the field for 64 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 7 third down targets and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

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 Theo Wease played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.

He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 32 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.

Rashee Rice was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Theo Wease 8.6, 10.1 a game between them.

Theo Wease finished WR143 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Rashee Rice had 68 more targets than Theo Wease, 78 to 10.

Rashee Rice had 432 more receiving yards than Theo Wease, 571 to 139.

Their snap share this season is the same, 64 percent each.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.