Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Quinshon Judkins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 9, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 52 percent of CLE snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 9 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NO he carried 15 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 0.6 a game between them.

Michael Pittman Jr. finished WR18 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Michael Pittman Jr. is a wide receiver and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

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