Should I start George Pickens or Brock Bowers in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

The market-based projections

George Pickens's market-based projection is 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brock Bowers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, George Pickens has been on the field for 85 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 83 percent of LV snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 8 of 10 targets for 110 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 4 of 9 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Brock Bowers 14.7, 2.5 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 and Brock Bowers TE11, which are two different ladders.

George Pickens is a wide receiver and Brock Bowers a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Brock Bowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Brock Bowers has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.