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Should I start Parker Washington or George Pickens in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:11 PM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start

WR · JAX · at TEN

Market projects
14.2
recent weeks avg
TEN D vs WR
40.7
most to WRs (2026)
Upside
High
95 of 100 at WR
Snap share
75%
Through Week 9
Target share
25%
Through Week 9
Sit

WR · DAL · vs SF · Out

Market projects
13.4
recent weeks avg
SF D vs WR
27.2
6th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
78%
Through Week 8
Target share
21%
Through Week 8
Start Washington or Pickens? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Parker Washington: 70 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against George Pickens's 69 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop George Pickens for Parker Washington?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Parker Washington projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (13.6 a game over 8 games), George Pickens 98 (14.0 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Parker Washington over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR15 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 4-4

Market-based projection
13.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
51

WR24 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
66

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The gap

  • Board size307 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 4.2 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 George Pickens is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 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.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and George Pickens WR5.

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, 78 percent against 75 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

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

George Pickens is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop George Pickens for Parker Washington?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Parker Washington projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (13.6 a game over 8 games), George Pickens 98 (14.0 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Parker Washington over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.

  • Should I drop Parker Washington for George Pickens?

    No. Keep Parker Washington: he projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (13.6 a game over 8 games), George Pickens 98 (14.0 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Parker Washington over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.

Should I drop George Pickens?

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