Should I start Colston Loveland or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr.
- Market projects
- 10.3
- recent weeks avg
- TB D vs TE
- 16.2
- 8th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 86%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 9.4
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs TE
- 15.7
- 11th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 8
Start Colston Loveland: 84 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kyle Pitts Sr.'s 55 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Colston Loveland?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Colston Loveland projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
TE3 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 2-6
- Market-based projection
- 10.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 31
TE4 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.5 pts a game
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Colston Loveland, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Kyle Pitts Sr.'s market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
This season so far
Through Week 7, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 42 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.
In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.
In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.
He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 2.1 a game between them.
Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.
Kyle Pitts Sr. had 36 more targets than Colston Loveland, 118 to 82.
Kyle Pitts Sr. had 215 more receiving yards than Colston Loveland, 928 to 713.
This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 55 percent.
This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Colston Loveland has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Colston Loveland?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Colston Loveland projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr.
Should I drop Colston Loveland for Kyle Pitts Sr.?
No. Keep Colston Loveland: he projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr.
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