Tucker Kraft or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

AJ Barner's market-based projection is 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tucker Kraft: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 81 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, AJ Barner has been on the field for 89 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 6.0 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and AJ Barner TE14.

AJ Barner had 24 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 68 to 44.

AJ Barner had 30 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 519 to 489.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 81 percent.

This season Tucker Kraft holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for AJ Barner.

What would change the answer

5.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.