Start Tommy Tremble or Charlie Kolar? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Charlie Kolar over Tommy Tremble in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Charlie Kolar at 5.5 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.3, a gap of 1.2. 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.

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.

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Tommy Tremble, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Charlie Kolar 1.2 points ahead of Tommy Tremble 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.

Tommy Tremble and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DEN allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

By points allowed to the position, Tommy Tremble has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble 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, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 8 against GB: 44 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 19 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.

In 2025, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 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 Tommy Tremble.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Colby Parkinson.