Start George Pickens or Davante Adams? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start George Pickens over Davante Adams in Week 5.

Market-based projections have George Pickens at 14.8 points and Davante Adams at 14.7, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for George Pickens, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has George Pickens at 65.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.7 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Davante Adams at 62.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 49% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11 and 14 market sources).

That puts George Pickens 0.1 points ahead of Davante Adams on the market projections.

Injury status

George Pickens is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, George Pickens played 83 percent of DAL snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

George Pickens, Week 1 against NYG: 49 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards.

George Pickens, Week 2 against WAS: 42 of 55 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 40 yards.

George Pickens, Week 3 against BAL: 63 of 74 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

George Pickens, Week 4 against HOU: 67 of 78 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 75 yards.

Through Week 4, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, George Pickens played 17 games for DAL and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 950 air yards.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start George Pickens over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over George Pickens.
• Start George Pickens over Christian Watson.
• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Davante Adams.
• Start Chris Olave over Davante Adams.