Start AJ Barner or Kyle Pitts Sr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start AJ Barner over Kyle Pitts Sr.
- Market projects
- 6.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 87%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start AJ Barner over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 6.6 points and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.5, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for AJ Barner, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market has AJ Barner at 22.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (14, 15 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market has Kyle Pitts Sr. at 24.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14 and 14 market sources).
That puts AJ Barner 0.1 points ahead of Kyle Pitts Sr. on the market projections.
Injury status
AJ Barner is not on the injury report.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, AJ Barner played 87 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
AJ Barner, Week 1 against NE: 44 of 50 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.
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.
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.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE24 · SEA · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 144
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
TE25 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 145
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board1
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 6
- Board size258 draftable players
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