Kyle Monangai or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyle Monangai at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 114th highest figure of the 183 players the books 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 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 113.

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.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 43 percent of CHI snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 10 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Side by side

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Michael Pittman Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

What would change the answer

0.4 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.