Jake Ferguson or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 107th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 69 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Jake Ferguson is a tight end and Michael Pittman Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Jake Ferguson.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.