Travis Kelce or Justin Herbert: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

What the player markets price

The market has Travis Kelce at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

The market has Justin Herbert at 12.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback'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 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.

Through Week 5, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 175 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 175 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he completed 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 54 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Travis Kelce 11.4, 7.4 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 and Justin Herbert QB10, which are two different ladders.

Travis Kelce is a tight end and Justin Herbert a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Justin Herbert in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.