Start Josh Downs or Rashee Rice? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rashee Rice over Josh Downs in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rashee Rice at 12.1 points and Josh Downs at 11.6, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rashee Rice this week yet, so his 12.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (11.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Rashee Rice yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 13.0 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 12.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Rashee Rice a 41% chance to score a touchdown (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.6 fantasy points for Josh Downs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 49 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Rashee Rice 0.5 points ahead of Josh Downs on these projections.

Injury status

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Josh Downs is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice played 64 percent of KC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashee Rice, Week 1 against DEN: 57 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashee Rice, Week 2 against IND: 63 of 80 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 3 against MIA: 40 of 52 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 88 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 4 against LV: 6 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Josh Downs played 80 percent of IND snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 2 against KC: 54 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 3 against HOU: 48 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 5 catches for 77 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 4 against WAS: 51 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 5 against PIT: 60 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC 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 and 157 air yards.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Rashee Rice over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Rashee Rice.
• Start Davante Adams over Rashee Rice.
• Start Josh Downs over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Josh Downs over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Josh Downs.