Should I start Darnell Washington or Austin Hooper in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Austin Hooper at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Austin Hooper, 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, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Austin Hooper has been on the field for 26 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Austin Hooper played 16 games and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Austin Hooper 3.7, 0.9 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Austin Hooper TE47.

Darnell Washington had 17 more targets than Austin Hooper, 43 to 26.

Darnell Washington had 101 more receiving yards than Austin Hooper, 364 to 263.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 26 percent.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Austin Hooper.