Should I start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Eli Raridon in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 4:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kyle Pitts Sr.: 59 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 48 percent of the snaps and 9 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE20 · ATL · bye 11
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- Market-based projection
- 7.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 123
TE34 · NE · bye unlisted
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- Market-based projection
- 4.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 174
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Eli Raridon, 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, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.
In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against CHI he caught 5 of 7 targets for 60 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 6, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 49 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.
In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LV he caught 5 of 5 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 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 11 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 49 percent.
This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.
Both players in full
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