Should I start Jayden Reed or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 7:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jayden Reed's 32 percent of the snaps and 12 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.
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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.
WR · GB · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Overall rank
- 251
WR · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 252
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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 Jayden Reed, and the board ranks him 251st overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 252nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jayden Reed, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Michael Pittman Jr., 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 so far
Through Week 2, Jayden Reed has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.
His 8 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.
In Week 1 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 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 Jayden Reed played 7 games and scored 48.5 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR114.
He caught 19 of 22 targets for 207 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.
That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 86 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 45 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, 78 percent against 32 percent.
This season Jayden Reed holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.
Byes and availability
Jayden Reed is off in Week 11 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jayden Reed is listed as ir on the injury report.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
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