Colston Loveland or Alec Pierce: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 81.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 78.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 145th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Alec Pierce at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Alec Pierce's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colston Loveland was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 1.9 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 and Alec Pierce WR28, which are two different ladders.

Colston Loveland is a tight end and Alec Pierce a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Alec Pierce in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Alec Pierce is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.