Michael Mayer or Kyle Pitts Sr.: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 82 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 6.7 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 68 more targets than Michael Mayer, 118 to 50.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 600 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 928 to 328.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 55 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Michael Mayer.

What would change the answer

0.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.