Courtland Sutton or Kyle Pitts Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 86.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 131.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Kyle Pitts Sr., so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 74 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 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 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he caught 2 of 5 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of ATL snaps and drawn 8 percent of the targets.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PIT he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Kyle Pitts Sr. 12.4, 0.5 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2, which are two different ladders.

Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver and Kyle Pitts Sr. a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton 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

Kyle Pitts Sr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.