Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Jauan Jennings in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 1.7 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.

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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 5, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 74 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 4.9 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 and Jauan Jennings WR33, which are two different ladders.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Jauan Jennings a wide receiver, 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 Jauan Jennings in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.