Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Charlie Kolar? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Charlie Kolar in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 7.2 points and Charlie Kolar at 6.0, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.2 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 29 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (11, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Charlie Kolar, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (4, 4 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 1.2 points ahead of Charlie Kolar on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host CHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CHI allowed 7.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 41 yards and no touchdowns a game against CHI.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Charlie Kolar, Week 1 against ARI: 30 of 55 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

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.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 67 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.

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 6 calls

• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Brenton Strange.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Cade Otton over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Darnell Washington.