Start Brock Bowers or AJ Barner? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 18.7 points and AJ Barner at 6.3, a gap of 12.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for AJ Barner, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for AJ Barner is 24 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.7 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 79 receiving yards and 6-7 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 12.4 points ahead of AJ Barner on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 12.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Injury status

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, AJ Barner played 89 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Barner, Week 2 against ARI: 56 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

AJ Barner, Week 3 against WAS: 61 of 67 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 4 against LAC: 54 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 5 against SF: 60 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Through Week 5, Brock Bowers played 78 percent of LV snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Barner played 17 games for SEA and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 248 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.