Emeka Egbuka or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Emeka Egbuka's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 4.8 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Emeka Egbuka is a wide receiver and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Pat Freiermuth.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.