Should I start Kaelon Black or Tucker Kraft in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaelon Black, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kaelon Black is 8.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Kaelon Black has been on the field for 29 percent of SF snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 8 times for 34 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 12 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for -4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 11 times for 70 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Kaelon Black is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Kaelon Black is a running back and Tucker Kraft a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kaelon Black is off in Week 8 and Tucker Kraft in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kaelon Black has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.