Alec Pierce or Tetairoa McMillan: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Tetairoa McMillan, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 87 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 5 of 10 targets for 101 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

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

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Alec Pierce 12.2, 0.2 a game between them.

Alec Pierce finished WR28 that year and Tetairoa McMillan WR16.

Tetairoa McMillan had 38 more targets than Alec Pierce, 122 to 84.

Tetairoa McMillan had 11 more receiving yards than Alec Pierce, 1014 to 1003.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 41 percent.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Alec Pierce is off in Week 13 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.