Should I start Mack Hollins or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mack Hollins, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mack Hollins is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Mack Hollins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Mack Hollins has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 6 of 9 targets for 87 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

In 2025 Mack Hollins played 15 games and scored 113.4 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing WR58.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 550 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.3 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Mack Hollins 7.6, 4.3 a game between them.

Mack Hollins finished WR58 that year and Michael Pittman Jr. WR18.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 46 more targets than Mack Hollins, 111 to 65.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 234 more receiving yards than Mack Hollins, 784 to 550.

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

This season Mack Hollins holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Mack Hollins 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.