Kyle Pitts Sr. or Xavier Hutchinson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 155th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 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 10.5 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 6.6 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 and Xavier Hutchinson WR64, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is a tight end and Xavier Hutchinson 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. No bye is listed for Xavier Hutchinson.

What would change the answer

1.9 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.