Start Tyler Warren or Brock Bowers? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Tyler Warren over Brock Bowers
Right: 10.3 to 0.0
- Books imply
- 2.1
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs TE
- 10.3
- 12th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 93%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 17%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 10.3
- PPR pts
- MIA D vs TE
- 9.2
- 11th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Tyler Warren over Brock Bowers in Week 1.
Brock Bowers is listed out on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Tyler Warren. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 68 and Brock Bowers at 33. Market coverage on Tyler Warren is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Brock Bowers in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 2.1 fantasy points for Tyler Warren, with 33 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Brock Bowers and LV host MIA.
MIA allowed 9.2 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 11th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 32 yards and no touchdowns against MIA.
Tyler Warren and IND host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
BAL allowed 10.3 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 13 yards and a touchdown against BAL.
By points allowed to the position, Tyler Warren has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brock Bowers was listed as out when the call was made.
Tyler Warren was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
Brock Bowers, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 53 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.
Brock Bowers, Week 15 of 2025 against PHI: 38 of 42 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 28 yards, 8.8 PPR points.
In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND 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 and 343 air yards.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Tyler Warren, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 8 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards, 7.6 PPR points.
Tyler Warren, Week 17 of 2025 against JAX: 49 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards, 9.3 PPR points.
Tyler Warren, Week 16 of 2025 against SF: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards, 6.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Tyler Warren scored 10.3 PPR points and Brock Bowers scored 0.0.
The call was right: Tyler Warren outscored Brock Bowers by 10.3.
Tyler Warren finished 8.2 points above the 2.1 the props implied.
Tyler Warren, Week 1 against BAL: 50 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown, 10.3 PPR points.
Tyler Warren finished as the week's TE14 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE2 · IND · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 3-14
- Overall rank
- 9
- Draft pick
- ADP 9
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
TE22 · LV · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 173
- 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 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board164
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 5
- Board size244 draftable players
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