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Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Cade Otton? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET.

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Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton

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Kyle Pitts Sr.

TE · ATL · vs CIN

Market projects
9.4
fantasy pts
CIN D vs TE
15.7
11th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share
55%
Through Week 8
Target share
18%
Through Week 8
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Cade Otton

TE · TB · at CHI

Market projects
8.4
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs TE
13.1
16th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share
94%
Through Week 7
Target share
15%
Through Week 7

Should I drop Cade Otton for Kyle Pitts Sr.?

Not on these numbers alone. Cade Otton projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games) and Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 9.4 points and Cade Otton at 8.4, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cade Otton this week yet, so his 8.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.2, 9.5 and 8.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 41 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Cade Otton yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 9.5 and 8.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 1.0 points ahead of Cade Otton on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

Cade Otton and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 13.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Kyle Pitts Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 55 percent of ATL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 8 against TB: 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Through Week 7, Cade Otton played 94 percent of TB snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Cade Otton, Week 4 against GB: 60 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 5 against DAL: 66 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 6 against PIT: 74 of 74 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 7 against CAR: 56 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

In 2025, Cade Otton played 16 games for TB and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Cade Otton for Kyle Pitts Sr.?

    Not on these numbers alone. Cade Otton projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games) and Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.

  • Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Cade Otton?

    Not on these numbers alone. Kyle Pitts Sr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 8 games) and Cade Otton 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.

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