Should I start Tyler Warren or Pat Freiermuth in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 13 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Tyler Warren had 58 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 112 to 54.

Tyler Warren had 331 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 817 to 486.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 69 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.