Start Travis Kelce or Harold Fannin Jr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Travis Kelce
- JAX D vs TE
- 6.5
- 6th fewest to TEs (2026)
- DEN D vs TE
- 13.5
- 14th most to TEs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Travis Kelce in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Harold Fannin Jr. at ADP 77.7 overall and Travis Kelce at 103.3.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Travis Kelce in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit JAX.
JAX allowed 6.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 6th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and no touchdowns against JAX.
Travis Kelce and KC host DEN.
DEN allowed 13.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 14th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns against DEN.
By points allowed to the position, Travis Kelce has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Harold Fannin Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Travis Kelce was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.
He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.
Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.
Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.
In 2025, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.
He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Travis Kelce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 6 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.2 PPR points.
Travis Kelce, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 42 of 43 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards, 8.6 PPR points.
Travis Kelce, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 35 of 45 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1.6 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE8 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 112
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE11 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 9-7
- Overall rank
- 137
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board25
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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