Should I start Jordan Watkins or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 2:21 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Jordan Watkins and Michael Pittman Jr. are too close to call on usage: 76 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets against 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. 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.
WR68 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 172
WR69 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 173
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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 Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Jordan Watkins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 56 percent of SF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.
In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.
He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.
That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 10.8 a game between them.
Michael Pittman Jr. had 108 more targets than Jordan Watkins, 111 to 3.
Michael Pittman Jr. had 758 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 784 to 26.
This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 56 percent.
This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Jordan Watkins is off in Week 8 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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