Start Colston Loveland or Kyle Pitts Sr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr.
- Books imply
- 5.5
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs TE
- 11.5
- 14th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Books imply
- 5.2
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs TE
- 0.0
- fewest to TEs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 1.
De-vigged player props project Colston Loveland at 5.5 points and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 5.2, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Colston Loveland at ADP 57 and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 84. Market coverage on Colston Loveland is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 5.5 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 40 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
Player prop markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
That puts Colston Loveland 0.3 points ahead of Kyle Pitts Sr. on the books.
Week 1 matchups
Colston Loveland and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 11.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and a touchdown against CAR.
Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PIT allowed 0.0 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 0 yards and no touchdowns against PIT.
By points allowed to the position, Colston Loveland has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Colston Loveland was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Kyle Pitts Sr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
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.
Colston Loveland, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 13 targets and 10 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown, 25.1 PPR points.
Colston Loveland, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 54 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.4 PPR points.
Colston Loveland, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 53 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards, 6.0 PPR points.
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.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 67 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE3 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 10-6
- Overall rank
- 71
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
TE6 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 103
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board32
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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