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

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 127th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Darren Waller at 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 163rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 131.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darren Waller: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 63 percent of ATL snaps and drawn 5 percent of the targets.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 26.0 air yards.

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

Through Week 1, Darren Waller has been on the field for 35 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 28 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, 63 percent against 35 percent.

This season Darren Waller holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.