Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Eli Raridon? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 9:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Eli Raridon

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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)

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Eli Raridon

TE · NE · at CHI

Market projects: 3.6; recent weeks avg
CHI D vs TE: 7.7; 3rd fewest to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 49%; Through Week 6
Target share: 8%; Through Week 6

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Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Eli Raridon in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 points and Eli Raridon at 3.6, a gap of 2.8. 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 Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.7 and 3.6); 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 Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 2.8 points ahead of Eli Raridon 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.

Eli Raridon and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 7.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 41 yards and no touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Kyle Pitts Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 2 against PIT: 11 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 30 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

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.

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.