Pat Freiermuth or Kyle Pitts Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th 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 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

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 10.5 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, 69 percent against 53 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Pat Freiermuth.

What would change the answer

1.5 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.