Start Colston Loveland or Pat Freiermuth? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Pat Freiermuth over Colston Loveland in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Pat Freiermuth at 8.6 points and Colston Loveland at 9.5, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 37 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Pat Freiermuth, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 37 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Colston Loveland 0.9 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth on the market 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.

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

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, Pat Freiermuth played 69 percent of PIT snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 2 against NE: 46 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 3 against CIN: 37 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 4 against CLE: 54 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 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 Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over Cade Otton.