Kyle Pitts Sr. or Austin Hooper: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Austin Hooper at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Austin Hooper has been on the field for 28 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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 12.5 yards a catch.

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

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Austin Hooper 3.7, 8.7 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 that year and Austin Hooper TE47.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 92 more targets than Austin Hooper, 118 to 26.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 665 more receiving yards than Austin Hooper, 928 to 263.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 28 percent.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Austin Hooper.

What would change the answer

Austin Hooper has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.