Tetairoa McMillan or Travis Kelce: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tetairoa McMillan at 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 65th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Travis Kelce at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 67th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 51.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 155.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 81 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 5 of 8 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 5 of 10 targets for 101 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 79 percent of KC snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Travis Kelce 11.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Tetairoa McMillan finished WR16 and Travis Kelce TE3, which are two different ladders.

Tetairoa McMillan is a wide receiver and Travis Kelce a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.