Michael Pittman Jr. or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 books. That is the 144th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 147th highest figure of the 174 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 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 111.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 147.

This season so far

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 2, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 63 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

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

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 63 percent.

This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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

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

What would change the answer

0.1 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.