Start Parker Washington or Stefon Diggs? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Parker Washington over Stefon Diggs in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Parker Washington at 13.6 points and Stefon Diggs at 11.6, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Parker Washington this week yet, so his 13.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (13.5 and 13.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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. Drafters take Parker Washington at ADP 59 and Stefon Diggs at 99.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Parker Washington yet. His market-based projections were 13.5 and 13.6 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 13.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 0.6 touchdowns (7 market sources).

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.

That puts Parker Washington 2.0 points ahead of Stefon Diggs on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Parker Washington and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

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.

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

Injury status

Parker Washington is not on the injury report.

Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Parker Washington played 77 percent of JAX snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 40 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Parker Washington, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 4 against CIN: 49 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Parker Washington, Week 5 against PHI: 59 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Parker Washington, Week 6 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 64 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Parker Washington.
• Start Christian Watson over Parker Washington.
• Start Parker Washington over DK Metcalf.
• Start A.J. Brown over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Carnell Tate over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston.