Should I start Darnell Washington or Cole Kmet in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cole Kmet, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Darnell Washington, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Cole Kmet, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 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 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Cole Kmet scored 4.9 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 0.3 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Cole Kmet TE36.

Cole Kmet had 5 more targets than Darnell Washington, 48 to 43.

Darnell Washington had 17 more receiving yards than Cole Kmet, 364 to 347.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 61 percent.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.