Start Jameson Williams or Stefon Diggs? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jameson Williams over Stefon Diggs in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jameson Williams at 10.8 points and Stefon Diggs at 11.6, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jameson Williams still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 44 against 99, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Stefon Diggs this week yet, so his 11.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (12.5 and 10.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 12.5 and 10.7 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 11.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 0-1 touchdowns (3 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for Jameson Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameson Williams is 51 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Stefon Diggs 0.8 points ahead of Jameson Williams on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Stefon Diggs and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

Jameson Williams and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, Stefon Diggs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.

Jameson Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Stefon Diggs played 60 percent of WAS snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Stefon Diggs, Week 2 against DAL: 36 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 6 against SF: 41 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jameson Williams played 89 percent of DET snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jameson Williams, Week 3 against NYJ: 53 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 4 against CAR: 70 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 102 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 5 against ARI: 59 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jameson Williams, Week 7 against GB: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 91 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE 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 and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jameson Williams played 17 games for DET and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 676 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Carnell Tate over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston.
• Start Jameson Williams over Carnell Tate.
• Start Jameson Williams over Denzel Boston.
• Start Jameson Williams over DK Metcalf.