George Pickens or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 48th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Parker Washington at 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 50th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 33; dynasty: ADP 2.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 18; 2QB: ADP 86.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, George Pickens has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 6 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Parker Washington has been on the field for 72 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 7 of 12 targets for 98 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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 5.6 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

George Pickens had 42 more targets than Parker Washington, 137 to 95.

George Pickens had 582 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1429 to 847.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 72 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 37 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.