Should I start Gunnar Helm or Charlie Kolar in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gunnar Helm, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 1.1 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.

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 0.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 75 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 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 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 3.6 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Charlie Kolar TE62.

Gunnar Helm had 40 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 55 to 15.

Gunnar Helm had 215 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 357 to 142.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 65 percent.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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