Start Eli Raridon or Charlie Kolar? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Charlie Kolar over Eli Raridon in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Charlie Kolar at 5.5 points and Eli Raridon at 5.0, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Charlie Kolar this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (5.8 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (4.0, 4.2 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Charlie Kolar yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 5.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 4.2 and 6.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Charlie Kolar 0.6 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Charlie Kolar and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 10.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against HOU.

Eli Raridon and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

By points allowed to the position, Charlie Kolar has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Charlie Kolar, Week 2 against LV: 42 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 5 against DEN: 51 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 6 against KC: 45 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 8 against LAR: 38 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon played 56 percent of NE snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 8 against MIA: 55 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Charlie Kolar played 17 games for BAL and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 90 air yards.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Cade Otton over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Charlie Kolar.
• Start AJ Barner over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Eli Raridon over Darren Waller.