Should I start Kyle Williams or Pat Freiermuth in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kyle Williams's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 40 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 20.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth scored 6.7 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 3.8 a game between them.

Kyle Williams finished WR112 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Williams is a wide receiver and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Williams is off in Week 11 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.