Michael Pittman Jr. or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 144th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Darren Waller at 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 151st highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 111.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darren Waller: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 1, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 88 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Darren Waller has been on the field for 40 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Michael Pittman Jr. is a wide receiver and Darren Waller a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.