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Should I start Eli Raridon or Travis Kelce in Week 9?

Updated Nov 4, 7:16 AM ET.

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Start Travis Kelce: 75 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 68 percent of the snaps and 14 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.

Should I drop Eli Raridon for Travis Kelce?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Travis Kelce projects 104 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 34 (4.2 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.

Eli Raridon

TE26 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
201

Travis Kelce

TE29 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
11.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
204

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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 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

Eli Raridon's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 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, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 5 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 56 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Eli Raridon is off in Week 11 and Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Travis Kelce?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Travis Kelce projects 104 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 34 (4.2 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Travis Kelce for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Travis Kelce: he projects 104 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 34 (4.2 a game over 8 games).

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