Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Jameis Winston in Week 7?

Updated Oct 25, 9:51 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jameis Winston: 85 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Pat Freiermuth's 72 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Pat Freiermuth for Jameis Winston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 9 games), Pat Freiermuth 75 (8.3 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Pat Freiermuth

TE17 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 8.3 pts a game

Jameis Winston

QB25 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Market-based projection: 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 120

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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 Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

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 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 8.4 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Jameis Winston a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9 and Jameis Winston in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jameis Winston has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Jameis Winston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 9 games), Pat Freiermuth 75 (8.3 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jameis Winston for Pat Freiermuth?
No. Keep Jameis Winston: he projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 9 games), Pat Freiermuth 75 (8.3 a game over 9 games).

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