Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Kaleb Johnson in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 12:26 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kaleb Johnson's 15 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the carries. 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
- 253
RB · GB · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Overall rank
- 294
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Their Week 10 outlook
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 253rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 294th 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 Kaleb Johnson, 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 9, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.
His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 5 against CHI he carried 7 times for 26 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 1 time for -2 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against NE he carried 14 times for 68 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.
He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.
That came to 2.8 carries a game at 3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 7 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 11.0 a game between them.
Michael Pittman Jr. finished WR18 and Kaleb Johnson RB115, which are two different ladders.
Michael Pittman Jr. is a wide receiver and Kaleb Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Kaleb Johnson in Week 11, 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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