Should I start Elic Ayomanor or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.

He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Elic Ayomanor 7.3, 4.6 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor finished WR55 that year and Michael Pittman Jr. WR18.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 22 more targets than Elic Ayomanor, 111 to 89.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 269 more receiving yards than Elic Ayomanor, 784 to 515.

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 65 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 11 percent each.

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 ir on the injury report.