Start Colston Loveland or Gunnar Helm? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Colston Loveland over Gunnar Helm in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Colston Loveland at 9.1 points and Gunnar Helm at 5.3, a gap of 3.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colston Loveland at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Gunnar Helm at 18.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 6 and 11 market sources).

That puts Colston Loveland 3.8 points ahead of Gunnar Helm on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against GB.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland played 87 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 1 against CAR: 65 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 4, Gunnar Helm played 79 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 1 against NYJ: 38 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 28 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 2 against PHI: 46 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 3 against NYG: 49 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 4 against BAL: 46 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Colston Loveland over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Brock Bowers over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Cade Otton over Gunnar Helm.