Should I start Stefon Diggs or T.J. Hockenson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Stefon Diggs's market-based projection is 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

T.J. Hockenson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 4.9 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Stefon Diggs is a wide receiver and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

T.J. Hockenson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.