Should I start Tucker Kraft or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

Kyle Pitts Sr.'s market-based projection is 9.5 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.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Kyle Pitts Sr. 12.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 74 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 118 to 44.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 439 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 928 to 489.

This season Tucker Kraft holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 55 percent.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

1.8 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.