Jaxon Smith-Njigba or George Pickens: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxon Smith-Njigba: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 20.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

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, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 82 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 9 of 11 targets for 155 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 10 of 14 targets for 128 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 5 of 6 targets for 76 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and George Pickens 17.2, 4.0 a game between them.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished WR2 that year and George Pickens WR5.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 26 more targets than George Pickens, 163 to 137.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 364 more receiving yards than George Pickens, 1793 to 1429.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 82 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 37 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is off in Week 11 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

George Pickens has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.