Should I start Tommy Tremble or Pat Freiermuth in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tommy Tremble, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tommy Tremble has been on the field for 56 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 46 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tommy Tremble played 17 games and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Head to head

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

Tommy Tremble finished TE42 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Pat Freiermuth had 17 more targets than Tommy Tremble, 54 to 37.

Pat Freiermuth had 237 more receiving yards than Tommy Tremble, 486 to 249.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 56 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Tommy Tremble is off in Week 5 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.