Darnell Washington or Kyle Pitts Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 130th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

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 Darnell Washington 4.6, 7.8 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 75 more targets than Darnell Washington, 118 to 43.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 564 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 928 to 364.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 53 percent.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Darnell Washington.

What would change the answer

0.0 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.