Should I start Jahmyr Gibbs or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:16 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jahmyr Gibbs: 76 percent of the snaps and 80 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kyle Pitts Sr.'s 59 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Jahmyr Gibbs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jahmyr Gibbs projects 278 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (25.3 a game over 11 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 70 (7.0 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Jahmyr Gibbs

RB11 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 3-2

Overall rank: 33

Kyle Pitts Sr.

TE6 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 7.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 34

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahmyr Gibbs, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jahmyr Gibbs is 8.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 77 percent of DET snaps, taken 82 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 13 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 1.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 20 times for 99 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 65 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 25 times for 151 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 6, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 5 of 7 targets for 60 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4-5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Kyle Pitts Sr. 12.4, 9.2 a game between them.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished RB3 and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2, which are two different ladders.

Jahmyr Gibbs is a running back and Kyle Pitts Sr. a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jahmyr Gibbs is off in Week 6 and Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Jahmyr Gibbs?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jahmyr Gibbs projects 278 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (25.3 a game over 11 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 70 (7.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jahmyr Gibbs for Kyle Pitts Sr.?
No. Keep Jahmyr Gibbs: he projects 278 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (25.3 a game over 11 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 70 (7.0 a game over 10 games).