George Pickens or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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 Keenan Allen 10.7, 6.4 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

George Pickens had 15 more targets than Keenan Allen, 137 to 122.

George Pickens had 652 more receiving yards than Keenan Allen, 1429 to 777.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

6.6 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.