Tetairoa McMillan or Cole Kmet: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Tetairoa McMillan at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Cole Kmet at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

Tetairoa McMillan's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 87 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 5 of 10 targets for 101 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 7.5 a game between them.

Tetairoa McMillan finished WR16 and Cole Kmet TE36, which are two different ladders.

Tetairoa McMillan is a wide receiver and Cole Kmet a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tetairoa McMillan is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

What would change the answer

Tetairoa McMillan is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.