Start Colston Loveland or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenyon Sadiq over Colston Loveland in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenyon Sadiq at 8.7 points and Colston Loveland at 9.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 8.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.7, 10.4 and 8.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 36 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 7.7, 10.4 and 8.1 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 8.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Colston Loveland 0.6 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

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

ATL allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is listed as questionable with a concussion injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Colston Loveland played 85 percent of CHI snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Colston Loveland, Week 5 against GB: 55 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Through Week 5, Kenyon Sadiq played 41 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 2 against GB: 27 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 3 against DET: 38 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 105 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 4 against CHI: 22 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 5 against CLE: 13 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brenton Strange over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Cade Otton.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo.