Ja'Marr Chase or George Pickens: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ja'Marr Chase at 18.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for George Pickens, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 4, George Pickens has been on the field for 83 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 6 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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.

George Pickens was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and George Pickens 17.2, 2.4 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and George Pickens WR5.

Ja'Marr Chase had 48 more targets than George Pickens, 185 to 137.

George Pickens had 17 more receiving yards than Ja'Marr Chase, 1429 to 1412.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 72 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.