Should I start George Pickens or Jaylen Wright in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.2 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.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 3.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back'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 through Week 8

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 8, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 12.4 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 and Jaylen Wright RB70, which are two different ladders.

George Pickens is a wide receiver and Jaylen Wright a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.