Should I start Tucker Kraft or Tyler Warren in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 88 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 10 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Tyler Warren was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 3.6 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and Tyler Warren TE4.

Tyler Warren had 68 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 112 to 44.

Tyler Warren had 328 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 817 to 489.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 82 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Tyler Warren in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Tyler Warren has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.