Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Pat Freiermuth in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 59 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth scored 6.7 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 0.9 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Kendrick Bourne is a wide receiver and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.