Should I start Darnell Mooney or George Pickens in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Darnell Mooney's market-based projection is 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, George Pickens has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 6 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

George Pickens was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 11.7 a game between them.

Darnell Mooney finished WR79 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 65 more targets than Darnell Mooney, 137 to 72.

George Pickens had 986 more receiving yards than Darnell Mooney, 1429 to 443.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 55 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Darnell Mooney is off in Week 8 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.

George Pickens is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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