Should I start Mike Gesicki or Pat Freiermuth in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 67 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth scored 6.7 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 1.2 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Pat Freiermuth had 12 more targets than Mike Gesicki, 54 to 42.

Pat Freiermuth had 179 more receiving yards than Mike Gesicki, 486 to 307.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 45 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Mike Gesicki.

What would change the answer

0.5 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 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.