Start Michael Pittman Jr. or DeMario Douglas? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start DeMario Douglas over Michael Pittman Jr.
- Market projects
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 6.8
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start DeMario Douglas over Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 5.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start DeMario Douglas.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for Michael Pittman Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 26.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (6, 4 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for DeMario Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has DeMario Douglas at 24.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (13, 12 and 14 market sources).
That puts Michael Pittman Jr. 0.3 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on the market projections.
Injury status
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as out with a foot injury.
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, DeMario Douglas played 54 percent of NE snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
DeMario Douglas, Week 1 against SEA: 44 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 20 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 2 against PIT: 26 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.
He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.
He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR45 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 119
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
Ranked behind
WR46 · NE · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 127
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 18
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board8
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 17 and tier 18
- Board size248 draftable players
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