Garrett Wilson vs George Pickens: Who Should You Start?
If you are choosing between Garrett Wilson and George Pickens for your lineup, you are not alone. Garrett Wilson finished the 2025 season at 11.6 PPG for the New York Jets (7 games), and George Pickens averaged 14.4 for the Dallas Cowboys (17 games).
That 2.8-point weekly advantage for George Pickens 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. George Pickens saw 137 targets in 2025, while Garrett Wilson drew 59. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for George Pickens, even in weeks where Garrett Wilson posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Garrett Wilson has his bye in Week 12, and George Pickens rests in Week 7. 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.
