Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Harold Fannin Jr.'s market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 88 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 5.0 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 that year and Harold Fannin Jr. TE6.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 53 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 107 to 54.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 245 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 731 to 486.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 69 percent.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9 and Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.