Start Cole Kmet or Adam Trautman? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Cole Kmet over Adam Trautman in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Cole Kmet at 3.4 points and Adam Trautman at 2.8, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Adam Trautman this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (3.6 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Adam Trautman yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 1.9 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Adam Trautman a 8% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Cole Kmet, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cole Kmet is 10 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Cole Kmet 0.7 points ahead of Adam Trautman on these projections.

Injury status

Adam Trautman is not on the injury report.

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Adam Trautman played 48 percent of DEN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Adam Trautman, Week 2 against JAX: 40 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adam Trautman, Week 3 against LAR: 27 of 67 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adam Trautman, Week 4 against SF: 30 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adam Trautman, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 2 against MIN: 51 of 74 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Adam Trautman played 17 games for DEN and scored 45.5 PPR points, 2.7 a game, finishing TE57.

He caught 20 of 23 targets for 195 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and 91 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cole Kmet.