George Pickens or D'Andre Swift: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 49th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price D'Andre Swift at 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 50th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 34; dynasty: ADP 2.

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 13; 2QB: ADP 58.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, George Pickens has been on the field for 84 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 17.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 57 percent of CHI snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 18 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 10 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

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 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and D'Andre Swift 14.3, 2.9 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 and D'Andre Swift RB15, which are two different ladders.

George Pickens is a wide receiver and D'Andre Swift a running back, 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 D'Andre Swift in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.