Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Ricky Pearsall in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 265th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ricky Pearsall, and the board ranks him 271st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Ja'Marr Chase, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 75 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Ricky Pearsall this season.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ricky Pearsall played 9 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing WR72.

He caught 36 of 53 targets for 528 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

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

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Ricky Pearsall 9.8, 9.8 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Ricky Pearsall WR72.

Ja'Marr Chase had 132 more targets than Ricky Pearsall, 185 to 53.

Ja'Marr Chase had 884 more receiving yards than Ricky Pearsall, 1412 to 528.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Ricky Pearsall in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ricky Pearsall is listed as ir on the injury report.