Should I start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Rome Odunze in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:46 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Rome Odunze: 96 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kyle Pitts Sr.'s 55 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Rome Odunze?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rome Odunze projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
TE4 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.4 pts a game
WR13 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-8
- Market-based projection
- 9.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 36
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Kyle Pitts Sr.'s market-based projection is 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Rome Odunze, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 2.6 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.
Through Week 7, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 19 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 38 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.
In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 69 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.
He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 5 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 0.2 a game between them.
Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 and Rome Odunze WR41, which are two different ladders.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is a tight end and Rome Odunze a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11 and Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Rome Odunze has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Rome Odunze?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rome Odunze projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Rome Odunze for Kyle Pitts Sr.?
No. Keep Rome Odunze: he projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games).
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