Should I start Charlie Kolar or Will Mallory in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Will Mallory, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 1.3 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 Will Mallory is 1.2 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 7, Will Mallory has been on the field for 45 percent of IND snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Will Mallory played 2 games and scored 2.6 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing TE113.

He caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0-1 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 16.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 13 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 15 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Charlie Kolar scored 2.1 PPR points a game and Will Mallory 1.3, 0.8 a game between them.

Charlie Kolar finished TE62 that year and Will Mallory TE113.

Charlie Kolar had 14 more targets than Will Mallory, 15 to 1.

Charlie Kolar had 126 more receiving yards than Will Mallory, 142 to 16.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 45 percent.

This season Will Mallory holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Charlie Kolar is off in Week 7 and Will Mallory in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.