Should I start George Pickens or Garrett Wilson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

George Pickens's market-based projection is 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, George Pickens has been on the field for 85 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Garrett Wilson 14.2, 3.0 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Garrett Wilson WR62.

George Pickens had 78 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 137 to 59.

George Pickens had 1034 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 1429 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 85 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Garrett Wilson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.