Kyle Pitts Sr. or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Darren Waller at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 2.5 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 that year and Darren Waller TE33.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 84 more targets than Darren Waller, 118 to 34.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 645 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 928 to 283.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 46 percent.

This season Darren Waller holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Darren Waller.

What would change the answer

Darren Waller has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.