Start Gunnar Helm or Jeremy Ruckert? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Gunnar Helm over Jeremy Ruckert in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Gunnar Helm at 5.2 points and Jeremy Ruckert at 4.5, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jeremy Ruckert this week yet, so his 4.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (5.3 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 18 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jeremy Ruckert yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 3.8 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 4.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Jeremy Ruckert a 8% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

That puts Gunnar Helm 0.7 points ahead of Jeremy Ruckert on these projections.

Injury status

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Jeremy Ruckert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Gunnar Helm played 77 percent of TEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 2 against PHI: 46 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 3 against NYG: 49 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 4 against BAL: 46 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 5 against HOU: 45 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Jeremy Ruckert played 39 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 2 against GB: 25 of 74 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 3 against DET: 28 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 39 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 4 against CHI: 14 of 32 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 5 against CLE: 23 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jeremy Ruckert played 17 games for NYJ and scored 46.9 PPR points, 2.8 a game, finishing TE56.

He caught 23 of 29 targets for 179 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 80 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Brenton Strange over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Cade Otton over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Jeremy Ruckert over Colby Parkinson.