Should I start George Pickens or Rachaad White in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 10:11 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Start George Pickens: 79 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rachaad White's 57 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the carries. 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 Rachaad White for George Pickens?

Yes, on the rest of the season. George Pickens projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 9 games), Rachaad White 38 (3.8 a game over 10 games).

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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.

George Pickens

WR35 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection: 13.7 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 85

Rachaad White

RB29 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 4-1

Overall rank: 86

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The gap

Board size294 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 George Pickens, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Rachaad White is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, George Pickens has been on the field for 82 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 3 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 6 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Rachaad White has been on the field for 53 percent of WAS snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 0.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 8.8 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

George Pickens is a wide receiver and Rachaad White 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 Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Rachaad White for George Pickens?
Yes, on the rest of the season. George Pickens projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 9 games), Rachaad White 38 (3.8 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop George Pickens for Rachaad White?
No. Keep George Pickens: he projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 9 games), Rachaad White 38 (3.8 a game over 10 games).