Gunnar Helm or Travis Kelce: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Gunnar Helm: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 96th highest figure of the 146 players the market prices.

The market has Travis Kelce at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Travis Kelce's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 77 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Travis Kelce was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Gunnar Helm 5.7, 5.6 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Travis Kelce TE3.

Travis Kelce had 53 more targets than Gunnar Helm, 108 to 55.

Travis Kelce had 494 more receiving yards than Gunnar Helm, 851 to 357.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 77 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Gunnar Helm.

What would change the answer

Travis Kelce is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.