Should I start Harold Fannin or AJ Barner in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 3:46 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start AJ Barner: 93 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Harold Fannin's 89 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop AJ Barner for Harold Fannin?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Harold Fannin projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.1 a game over 10 games), AJ Barner 67 (6.7 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Harold Fannin

TE10 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 9.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 74

AJ Barner

TE22 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 7.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 127

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The gap

Board size328 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on AJ Barner, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Harold Fannin, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for AJ Barner, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 87 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, AJ Barner has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

AJ Barner was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Harold Fannin scored 11.7 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 3.0 a game between them.

Harold Fannin finished TE6 that year and AJ Barner TE14.

Harold Fannin had 39 more targets than AJ Barner, 107 to 68.

Harold Fannin had 212 more receiving yards than AJ Barner, 731 to 519.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 87 percent.

This season Harold Fannin holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

Should I drop AJ Barner for Harold Fannin?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Harold Fannin projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.1 a game over 10 games), AJ Barner 67 (6.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Harold Fannin for AJ Barner?
No. Keep Harold Fannin: he projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.1 a game over 10 games), AJ Barner 67 (6.7 a game over 10 games).