Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Pierre Strong in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

The market-based projection for Pierre Strong is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, 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 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 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.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong in the last completed season.

Side by side

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Pierre Strong a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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