Should I start Darnell Washington or Charlie Kolar in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Charlie Kolar's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Charlie Kolar: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 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 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 2.5 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Charlie Kolar TE62.

Darnell Washington had 28 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 43 to 15.

Darnell Washington had 222 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 364 to 142.

Their snap share this season is the same, 65 percent each.

Their target share this season is the same, 9 percent each.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and Charlie Kolar in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.