Colston Loveland or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Colston Loveland's market-based projection is 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 3.6 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Colston Loveland had 28 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 82 to 54.

Colston Loveland had 227 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 713 to 486.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 69 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Pat Freiermuth.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.