Start Cole Kmet or Noah Fant? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Noah Fant over Cole Kmet in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Noah Fant at 3.8 points and Cole Kmet at 3.4, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Noah Fant this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (3.3, 4.4 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Cole Kmet, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cole Kmet is 10 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 8 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Noah Fant yet. His market-based projections were 3.3, 4.4 and 3.7 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Noah Fant a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Noah Fant 0.4 points ahead of Cole Kmet on these projections.

Injury status

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 2 against MIN: 51 of 74 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Through Week 5, Noah Fant played 50 percent of NO snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 1 against DET: 37 of 90 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown.

Noah Fant, Week 2 against BAL: 30 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 3 against LV: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Adam Trautman.
• Start AJ Barner over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cole Kmet.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Noah Fant.