Michael Pittman Jr. or DeMario Douglas: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price DeMario Douglas at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeMario Douglas: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 54 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for DeMario Douglas.

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

What would change the answer

0.3 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.