Rest of season47.5from week 6, WR IR, unranked while on a season-long list
Opp rank--at TB
Avg5.3a game in 3 games
Last3.5week 4 at CLE
Δ Proj--
On injured reserve since October 10. Our rest-of-season figure assumes he plays, so he sits below the available players. Injury status from the hourly capture, read Mon Oct 19, 2:00 am Eastern.
This season2026, PPR, through week 5
Michael Pittman Jr. week by week, 2026
Wk
Opp
Projthe week's projection
PtsPPR points
Tgttargets
Reccatches
Ydsreceiving yards
TDreceiving touchdowns
Carcarries
Rush ydsrushing yards
Rush TDrushing touchdowns
Snap %share of snaps
1
vs ATL
--
8.8
3
3
58
0
0
0
0
88%
2
at NEDid not play
--
3
vs CIN
--
3.6
5
2
16
0
0
0
0
73%
4
at CLE
--
3.5
4
2
15
0
0
0
0
72%
5
vs INDDid not play
--
Season3 games, 5.3 a game
15.9
12
7
89
0
0
0
0
78%
202517 games, 11.8 a game
200.4
111
80
784
7
0
0
0
86%
202416 games, 10.4 a game
165.8
111
69
808
3
0
0
0
88%
202316 games, 15.5 a game
248.2
156
109
1,152
4
0
0
0
92%
Still to play
Wk 6at TBSun Oct 18
Wk 7at NOSun Oct 25
Wk 8vs CLESun Nov 1
Wk 9Bye
Wk 10at CINSun Nov 15
Wk 11at PHISun Nov 22
Wk 12vs DENFri Nov 27
Wk 13vs HOUSun Dec 6
Wk 14at JAXMon Dec 14
Wk 15vs BALSun Dec 20
Wk 16vs CARSun Dec 27
Wk 17at TENSun Jan 3
Wk 18at BALSun Jan 10
Our read
Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season
He has missed weeks 2 and 5 of 2026, and he is on IR since before week 5, so while that holds he plays no games and the board ranks him below every available receiver. Three appearances have produced 5.3 points a game and zero touchdowns. We expected 14 games and 12.7 points a game when we set our 178 for the season, and he is running nowhere near that pace. The bye in 2026 is still ahead of him too, which stretches the wait even further.
Rest of season47.5PPR points from week 6
178projected PPR points
The pre-season case had real support. He held a 21.0% target share and an 85.6% snap share last year, and receivers in his spot added 5 and 2.9 points a game the following year on those profiles. The 2025 tape backed it up: 11.8 points a game, above the position median in 12 of 17 weeks, WR13 in touches. But the same page carries the drag. He changed teams, and a crowded target room has cost players in his spot 0.9 points a game. Metcalf and Gainwell combined for 39% of the PIT targets in 2025, and his 8.2-yard average depth of target, WR171 among qualifying receivers, gives him little touchdown upside to pay for it. McCarthy and Angelichio are both new, so no one knows how the targets flow yet.
We had him at WR38, and he has not been worth where he went so far. If he returns and immediately gets back near 20% of the targets, there is still something here. Right now the roster spot is better spent on a receiver who can play this week.
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