Michael Pittman Jr. or Keenan Allen: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 books. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 125th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 111.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 200.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 88 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 67 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 3.7 air yards.

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

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, 88 percent against 67 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 8 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.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.