Should I start Cole Kmet or Tyler Warren in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cole Kmet, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 211th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 63 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.

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 6.2 a game between them.

Cole Kmet finished TE36 that year and Tyler Warren TE4.

Tyler Warren had 64 more targets than Cole Kmet, 112 to 48.

Tyler Warren had 470 more receiving yards than Cole Kmet, 817 to 347.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 63 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

Cole Kmet is listed as ir on the injury report.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.