Should I start Brock Bowers or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Kyle Pitts Sr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brock Bowers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 26 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 7 of 10 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against SF he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 59 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 3.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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 11 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Kyle Pitts Sr. 12.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 32 more targets than Brock Bowers, 118 to 86.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 248 more receiving yards than Brock Bowers, 928 to 680.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 59 percent.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13 and Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.