Should I start George Pickens or Josh Jacobs in Week 7?

The market-based projections

George Pickens's market-based projection is 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Josh Jacobs's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, George Pickens has been on the field for 85 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Josh Jacobs this season.

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 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Josh Jacobs 15.8, 1.4 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 and Josh Jacobs RB13, which are two different ladders.

George Pickens is a wide receiver and Josh Jacobs 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 and Josh Jacobs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.