Michael Pittman Jr. or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.