Should I start Eli Raridon or Pat Freiermuth in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 8 verdict
Start Eli Raridon over Pat Freiermuth
Wrong: 1.5 to 11.6
- Market projected
- 6.8
- pre-game
- MIA D vs TE
- 21.1
- 3rd most to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 21%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 1.5
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 6.6
- pre-game
- CLE D vs TE
- 13.6
- 14th most to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 9%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 11.6
- PPR pts
Week 8 result: the call to start Eli Raridon over Pat Freiermuth was wrong. Raridon scored 1.5 PPR points to 11.6 for Freiermuth. Projected 6.8 to 6.6 before kickoff.
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Pat Freiermuth?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pat Freiermuth projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
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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 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 117
TE · PIT · on bye this week
2026 vs anytime td line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 6.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 228
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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 Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 228th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Pat Freiermuth, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 67 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.
In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.
He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.
That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 51 percent.
This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Eli Raridon is off in Week 11 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Pat Freiermuth?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pat Freiermuth projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Eli Raridon?
No. Keep Pat Freiermuth: he projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
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