Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 149th 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 11 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 has Kyle Pitts Sr. at 1.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 59 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 3.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 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 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 11 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

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

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 64 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 118 to 54.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 442 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 928 to 486.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 59 percent.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9 and Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.