Start Colston Loveland or Kyle Pitts Sr.? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Colston Loveland at 10.3 points and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 9.4, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Colston Loveland this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (9.6, 10.5 and 10.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Colston Loveland at ADP 71 and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 84.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Colston Loveland yet. His market-based projections were 9.6, 10.5 and 10.9 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 41 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

That puts Colston Loveland 0.9 points ahead of Kyle Pitts Sr. on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 62 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Colston Loveland has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland played 86 percent of CHI snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Colston Loveland, Week 6 against ATL: 68 of 77 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards, 1 touchdown.

Colston Loveland, Week 7 against NE: 58 of 69 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 55 percent of ATL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 8 against TB: 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 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, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Colston Loveland over Brenton Strange.
• Start Colston Loveland over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Brenton Strange.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Chig Okonkwo.