Should I start Darnell Washington or Noah Gray in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Noah Gray at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 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 Gray has been on the field for 59 percent of KC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 3 of 3 targets for 53 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 Gray played 16 games and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 2.3 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Noah Gray 2.4, 2.2 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Noah Gray TE59.

Darnell Washington had 6 more targets than Noah Gray, 43 to 37.

Darnell Washington had 186 more receiving yards than Noah Gray, 364 to 178.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 59 percent.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

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