George Pickens or CeeDee Lamb: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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WR4 · DAL · bye 14
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- Market price
- 17.4 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 9
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
WR8 · DAL · bye 14
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- Market price
- 16.5 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 15
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size258 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for George Pickens, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for CeeDee Lamb, 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 through Week 4
Through Week 4, George Pickens has been on the field for 83 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 12 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.
In Week 2 against WAS he caught 6 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.
Through Week 4, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 82 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 13 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 3 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 24 two minute targets.
His 46 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.
In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 112 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.
He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
George Pickens was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 2.8 a game between them.
George Pickens finished WR5 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.
George Pickens had 20 more targets than CeeDee Lamb, 137 to 117.
George Pickens had 352 more receiving yards than CeeDee Lamb, 1429 to 1077.
This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 82 percent.
This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 19 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 14, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
CeeDee Lamb is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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