Davante Adams or George Pickens: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 14.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Davante Adams 15.9, 1.2 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 23 more targets than Davante Adams, 137 to 114.

George Pickens had 640 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1429 to 789.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 76 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.