AJ Barner or Colston Loveland: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 81.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 145th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Colston Loveland at 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 books. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Colston Loveland's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, AJ Barner has been on the field for 83 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 1.7 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 that year and Colston Loveland TE12.

Colston Loveland had 14 more targets than AJ Barner, 82 to 68.

Colston Loveland had 194 more receiving yards than AJ Barner, 713 to 519.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 83 percent.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11 and Colston Loveland in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Colston Loveland is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.