Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Tre Tucker in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 7:51 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Pat Freiermuth and Tre Tucker are too close to call on usage: 68 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets against 66 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Tre Tucker?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Pat Freiermuth 82 (8.2 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Pat Freiermuth

TE14 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 8.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 97

Tre Tucker

WR39 · LV · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 9.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 98

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The gap

Board size332 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

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, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

In 2025 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Tre Tucker scored 9.5 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 2.8 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 and Tre Tucker WR38, which are two different ladders.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Tre Tucker a wide receiver, 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 Tre Tucker in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Tre Tucker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Pat Freiermuth 82 (8.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Tre Tucker for Pat Freiermuth?
No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Pat Freiermuth 82 (8.2 a game over 10 games).