Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Jaylin Noel in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:31 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylin Noel's 42 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 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 246
WR · HOU · on bye this week
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 249
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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 Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 246th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 249th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Michael Pittman Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jaylin Noel, 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 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.
Through Week 7, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 44 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 23 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.
In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.
He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.
He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.
That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 7.9 a game between them.
Michael Pittman Jr. finished WR18 that year and Jaylin Noel WR91.
Michael Pittman Jr. had 76 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 111 to 35.
Michael Pittman Jr. had 492 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 784 to 292.
This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 44 percent.
This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Jaylin Noel in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
Jaylin Noel is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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