Jakobi Meyers or Michael Pittman Jr.: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 106th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 books. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 110.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 111.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 65 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 2 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 88 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 65 percent.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.