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Should I start KC Concepcion Jr. or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 12:21 PM ET.

Start KC Concepcion Jr.: 79 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Michael Pittman Jr.'s 78 percent of the snaps and 11 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.

KC Concepcion Jr.

WR · CLE · bye 11

Overall rank
239

Michael Pittman Jr.

WR · PIT · bye 9

2025 vs rec yds line 5-12

Overall rank
246

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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 KC Concepcion Jr., and the board ranks him 239th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 246th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for KC Concepcion Jr., 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 7, KC Concepcion Jr. has been on the field for 79 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 3 times for 23 yards, caught 8 of 10 targets for 129 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

KC Concepcion Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season KC Concepcion Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 78 percent.

This season KC Concepcion Jr. holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

KC Concepcion Jr. is off in Week 11 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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