Should I start Mike Evans or George Pickens in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mike Evans is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 George Pickens is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

Mike Evans's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, George Pickens has been on the field for 82 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 6.6 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 76 more targets than Mike Evans, 137 to 61.

George Pickens had 1061 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 1429 to 368.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 55 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.