Tim Patrick or Ben Skowronek: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ben Skowronek: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 232nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Tim Patrick at 1.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Ben Skowronek at 1.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 200th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Tim Patrick this season.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1.5 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ben Skowronek was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tim Patrick scored 3.2 PPR points a game and Ben Skowronek 1.1, 2.2 a game between them.

Tim Patrick had 18 more targets than Ben Skowronek, 24 to 6.

Tim Patrick had 118 more receiving yards than Ben Skowronek, 187 to 69.

Byes and availability

Ben Skowronek is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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