Should I start Tucker Kraft or Colston Loveland in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft
Loveland projects lower, 10.3 to 11.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 71 for Loveland, 104 for Kraft.
- 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
- 11.3
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs TE
- 12.4
- 15th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 82%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Start Colston Loveland: 84 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tucker Kraft's 84 percent of the snaps and 17 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 Colston Loveland for Tucker Kraft?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tucker Kraft projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 8 games), Colston Loveland 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
TE2 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 11.3 pts a game
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
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The gap
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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 Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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.
The market-based projections
Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Colston Loveland, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.
His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.
In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.
He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Colston Loveland was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 4.3 a game between them.
Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and Colston Loveland TE12.
Colston Loveland had 38 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 82 to 44.
Colston Loveland had 224 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 713 to 489.
This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 82 percent.
This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 16 percent.
Byes and availability
Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Colston Loveland in Week 10, 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 Colston Loveland for Tucker Kraft?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tucker Kraft projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 8 games), Colston Loveland 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Tucker Kraft for Colston Loveland?
No. Keep Tucker Kraft: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 8 games), Colston Loveland 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft.
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