Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Gunnar Helm? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 8:56 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Gunnar Helm

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

Gunnar Helm

TE · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 4.9; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs TE: 14.6; 13th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 77%; Through Week 5
Target share: 9%; Through Week 5

Should I drop Gunnar Helm 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), Gunnar Helm 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Gunnar Helm.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Gunnar Helm in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 points and Gunnar Helm at 4.9, a gap of 1.5. 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 Gunnar Helm this week yet, so his 4.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.9 and 5.0); 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 Gunnar Helm yet. His market-based projections were 4.9 and 5.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 1.5 points ahead of Gunnar Helm 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.

Gunnar Helm and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Gunnar Helm has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

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, 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.

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 Gunnar Helm 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), Gunnar Helm 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Gunnar Helm.
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Gunnar Helm?
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), Gunnar Helm 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Gunnar Helm.