Kyle Pitts Sr. or Travis Kelce: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 245th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Travis Kelce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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 Travis Kelce 11.4, 1.0 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 that year and Travis Kelce TE3.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 10 more targets than Travis Kelce, 118 to 108.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 77 more receiving yards than Travis Kelce, 928 to 851.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 53 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11 and Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Travis Kelce has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.