Alec Pierce vs Ja'Marr Chase: Who Should You Start?
If you are choosing between Alec Pierce and Ja'Marr Chase for your lineup, you are not alone. Alec Pierce finished the 2025 season at 10.7 PPG for the Indianapolis Colts (15 games), and Ja'Marr Chase averaged 15.7 for the Cincinnati Bengals (16 games).
That 5.0-point weekly advantage for Ja'Marr Chase is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Target volume is the story here. Ja'Marr Chase saw 185 targets in 2025, while Alec Pierce drew 84. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Ja'Marr Chase, even in weeks where Alec Pierce posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Alec Pierce has his bye in Week 14, and Ja'Marr Chase rests in Week 12. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
