Mike Evans or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 10.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 2 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Pittman Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Mike Evans has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

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 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 57 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 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.

What would change the answer

Michael Pittman Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.