DK Metcalf or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 67th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 books. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 83.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 111.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 10 targets have averaged 20.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 88 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 9, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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

What would change the answer

3.7 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.