Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Travis Kelce in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Travis Kelce is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

T.J. Hockenson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 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.

Travis Kelce was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 3.8 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 that year and Travis Kelce TE3.

Travis Kelce had 42 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 108 to 66.

Travis Kelce had 413 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 851 to 438.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 60 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6 and Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out on the injury report.