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Should I start Tim Patrick or George Pickens in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 6:11 AM ET.

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  • : Tim Patrick: Listed Out (Coach's Decision) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : George Pickens: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : George Pickens: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start George Pickens: 69 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tim Patrick's 60 percent of the snaps and 7 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 Tim Patrick for George Pickens?

Yes, on the rest of the season. George Pickens projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games), Tim Patrick 6 (0.8 a game over 7 games). Tim Patrick is listed out. 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.

WR27 · NYJ · bye 13

2025 vs anytime td line 3-13

Market-based projection
3.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
70

WR29 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
76

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The gap

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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 Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Tim Patrick, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.1 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.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he was not given the ball.

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 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 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 Tim Patrick 3.2, 13.9 a game between them.

Tim Patrick finished WR107 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 113 more targets than Tim Patrick, 137 to 24.

George Pickens had 1242 more receiving yards than Tim Patrick, 1429 to 187.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 60 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Tim Patrick is off in Week 13 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tim Patrick is listed as out on the injury report.

George Pickens is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tim Patrick for George Pickens?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. George Pickens projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games), Tim Patrick 6 (0.8 a game over 7 games). Tim Patrick is listed out. George Pickens is listed out.

  • Should I drop George Pickens for Tim Patrick?

    No. Keep George Pickens: he projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games), Tim Patrick 6 (0.8 a game over 7 games). George Pickens is listed out. Tim Patrick is listed out.

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