Should I start Travis Kelce or Cade Otton in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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-based projection for Cade Otton is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Cade Otton has been on the field for 94 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Cade Otton 7.6, 3.7 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 that year and Cade Otton TE22.

Travis Kelce had 27 more targets than Cade Otton, 108 to 81.

Travis Kelce had 279 more receiving yards than Cade Otton, 851 to 572.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 94 percent against 78 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Cade Otton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.