Start Mike Gesicki or Charlie Kolar? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Mike Gesicki over Charlie Kolar in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Mike Gesicki at 7.5 points and Charlie Kolar at 5.5, a gap of 2.0. 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Mike Gesicki, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mike Gesicki is 29 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

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.

That puts Mike Gesicki 2.0 points ahead of Charlie Kolar on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Mike Gesicki and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 15.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 63 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Mike Gesicki has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Mike Gesicki is not on the injury report.

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Mike Gesicki played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Mike Gesicki, Week 4 against JAX: 47 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 5 against MIA: 29 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 8 against TEN: 6 targets and 4 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.

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: 4 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Mike Gesicki played 13 games for CIN and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 244 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Mike Gesicki over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Mike Gesicki.
• Start Cade Otton over Mike Gesicki.
• Start AJ Barner over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Colby Parkinson.