George Pickens or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, George Pickens has been on the field for 84 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 4.2 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

George Pickens had 13 more targets than Courtland Sutton, 137 to 124.

George Pickens had 412 more receiving yards than Courtland Sutton, 1429 to 1017.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 78 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.