Start AJ Barner or Cole Kmet? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start AJ Barner over Cole Kmet
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Our Week 6 call
Start AJ Barner over Cole Kmet in Week 6.
Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 6.3 points and Cole Kmet at 3.4, a gap of 2.9.
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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 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 AJ Barner 2.9 points ahead of Cole Kmet on the market projections.
Injury status
AJ Barner is not on the injury report.
Cole Kmet 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, 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, 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, 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE18 · SEA · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 112
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
TE22 · CHI · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 135
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board23
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 5
- Board size198 draftable players
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