Should I start Mark Andrews or Gavin Bartholomew in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gavin Bartholomew, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 Gavin Bartholomew is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 66 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Gavin Bartholomew has been on the field for 31 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Gavin Bartholomew in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 31 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Mark Andrews is off in Week 13 and Gavin Bartholomew in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.