Start Pat Freiermuth or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Pat Freiermuth over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Pat Freiermuth at 8.1 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 6.5, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth this week yet, so his 8.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (7.7, 8.3 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (8.1, 5.8 and 5.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth yet. His market-based projections were 7.7, 8.3 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.1, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 8.1, 5.8 and 5.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Pat Freiermuth 1.7 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Pat Freiermuth and PIT host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 13.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 49 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Pat Freiermuth played 67 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 4 against CLE: 54 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 7 against NO: 34 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Through Week 7, Kenyon Sadiq played 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 4 against CHI: 22 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 5 against CLE: 13 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 6 against NE: 22 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 7 against MIA: 22 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Cade Otton over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start AJ Barner over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Cade Otton over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo.