Terry McLaurin or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd 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 Terry McLaurin at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 80th 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 so far

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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

Their snap share this season is the same, 78 percent each.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.