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Should I start George Pickens or Jalen Coker in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 3:16 PM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start Jalen Coker over George Pickens

George Pickens is listed out, so Jalen Coker starts despite the lower projection.

Start

WR · CAR · at NO

Market projects
13.1
recent weeks avg
NO D vs WR
31.3
16th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
66 of 100 at WR
Snap share
72%
Through Week 9
Target share
20%
Through Week 9
Sit

WR · DAL · vs SF · Out

Market projects
13.4
recent weeks avg
SF D vs WR
27.2
6th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
78%
Through Week 8
Target share
21%
Through Week 8
Start Coker or Pickens? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Jalen Coker: 79 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against George Pickens's 69 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop George Pickens for Jalen Coker?

Not on these numbers alone. George Pickens projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games) and Jalen Coker 102 (12.7 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jalen Coker over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR22 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
63

WR42 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
11.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
96

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The gap

  • Board size307 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.0 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.

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, George Pickens has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 6 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 72 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DEN he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 29 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 9.0 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

George Pickens had 94 more targets than Jalen Coker, 137 to 43.

George Pickens had 1035 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1429 to 394.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 72 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

George Pickens is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop George Pickens for Jalen Coker?

    Not on these numbers alone. George Pickens projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games) and Jalen Coker 102 (12.7 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jalen Coker over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.

  • Should I drop Jalen Coker for George Pickens?

    Not on these numbers alone. Jalen Coker projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.7 a game over 8 games) and George Pickens 98 (14.0 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jalen Coker over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.

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