George Pickens or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

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 Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 48th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Terry McLaurin's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 5.8 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

George Pickens had 77 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 137 to 60.

George Pickens had 847 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 1429 to 582.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 78 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.