Ben Skowronek or Dareke Young: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ben Skowronek: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dareke Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ben Skowronek at 1.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 209th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has Dareke Young at 1.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ben Skowronek has been on the field for 17 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Dareke Young has been on the field for 16 percent of LV snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 1 of 1 target for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ben Skowronek played 17 games and scored 17.9 PPR points, 1.1 a game.

He caught 4 of 6 targets for 69 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 17.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dareke Young played 9 games and scored 6.8 PPR points, 0.8 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 48 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.3 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 24.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ben Skowronek was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ben Skowronek scored 1.1 PPR points a game and Dareke Young 0.8, 0.3 a game between them.

Ben Skowronek had 3 more targets than Dareke Young, 6 to 3.

Ben Skowronek had 21 more receiving yards than Dareke Young, 69 to 48.

This season Ben Skowronek holds the bigger snap share, 17 percent against 16 percent.

This season Ben Skowronek holds the bigger target share, 4 percent against 2 percent.

What would change the answer

Dareke Young is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.