Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Darnell Washington? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 3:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Darnell Washington

Start

Kyle Pitts Sr.

TE · ATL · vs SF

Market projects: 6.4; recent weeks avg
SF D vs TE: 8.2; 4th fewest to TEs (2026)

Sit

Darnell Washington

TE · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 5.9; recent weeks avg
NO D vs TE: 16.7; 7th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 65%; Through Week 6
Target share: 10%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Darnell Washington for Kyle Pitts Sr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Pitts Sr. projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.0 a game over 10 games), Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Darnell Washington.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Darnell Washington in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 points and Darnell Washington at 5.9, 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.6 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Darnell Washington this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.6 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Darnell Washington yet. His market-based projections were 5.6 and 6.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 0.6 points ahead of Darnell Washington on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 8.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

Darnell Washington and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Washington has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 3 against CIN: 47 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 67 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 4 against CLE: 51 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Darnell Washington for Kyle Pitts Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Pitts Sr. projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.0 a game over 10 games), Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Darnell Washington.
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Darnell Washington?
No. Keep Kyle Pitts Sr.: he projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.0 a game over 10 games), Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Darnell Washington.