Should I start Tyler Warren or Gavin Bartholomew in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gavin Bartholomew, and the board ranks him 216th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 0.5 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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 Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 31 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Tyler Warren is listed as questionable on the injury report.