Should I start Darnell Washington or Noah Fant in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Noah Fant, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Darnell Washington, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Noah Fant, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Noah Fant has been on the field for 50 percent of NO snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Noah Fant played 15 games and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Noah Fant scored 5.0 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 0.4 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Noah Fant TE37.

Darnell Washington had 2 more targets than Noah Fant, 43 to 41.

Darnell Washington had 76 more receiving yards than Noah Fant, 364 to 288.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 50 percent.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Noah Fant.