Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Kendre Miller in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 11:36 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendre Miller's 24 percent of the snaps and 31 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.
WR49 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Market-based projection
- 7.8 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 138
RB41 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 2-3
- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 139
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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 Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 139th 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 Kendre Miller, 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 5, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.
In Week 3 against LV he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 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 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.
He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.
That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.
He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
Michael Pittman Jr. is a wide receiver and Kendre Miller 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 Kendre Miller in Week 8, 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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