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

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jalen Nailor's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 9, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 56 percent of LV snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 11.2 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 84 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 137 to 53.

George Pickens had 985 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 1429 to 444.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 56 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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

George Pickens is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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