Woody Marks or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Woody Marks at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Woody Marks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 114th 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 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Woody Marks has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 8 times for 8 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 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

Woody Marks 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

Woody Marks 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 questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.