Start Gunnar Helm or Tommy Tremble? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Gunnar Helm over Tommy Tremble in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Gunnar Helm at 5.2 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.8, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (5.5 and 4.2); 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 Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.2 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Tommy Tremble a 12% chance to score a touchdown (8 market sources).

That puts Gunnar Helm 0.4 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.

Injury status

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is listed as questionable with a ribs injury.

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 4, Tommy Tremble played 52 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 1 against CHI: 38 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 2 against ATL: 37 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 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 AJ Barner over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Colby Parkinson.