Alec Pierce or Tyrone Tracy Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 78.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyrone Tracy Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks 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.

The books have Tyrone Tracy Jr. at 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, 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 2, Tyrone Tracy Jr. has been on the field for 2 percent of NYG snaps, taken 4 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against DAL he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Tyrone Tracy Jr. played 15 games and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.

He carried 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 more yards.

That came to 11.7 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

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

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Tyrone Tracy Jr. 10.7, 1.5 a game between them.

Alec Pierce finished WR28 and Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB28, which are two different ladders.

Alec Pierce is a wide receiver and Tyrone Tracy Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Alec Pierce is off in Week 13 and Tyrone Tracy Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as out on the injury report.