Colston Loveland or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 157th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 81.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 5.7 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.

Colston Loveland had 39 more targets than Darnell Washington, 82 to 43.

Colston Loveland had 349 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 713 to 364.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 58 percent.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.