Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Travis Kelce? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Travis Kelce in Week 1.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is priced by the books at 4.3 projected points. Travis Kelce has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Kyle Pitts Sr. at ADP 83 and Travis Kelce at 112. Market coverage on Kyle Pitts Sr. is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 40 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Travis Kelce in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 0.0 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 0 yards and no touchdowns against PIT.

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

Kyle Pitts Sr. 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, 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, 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.

How Week 1 went

Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 0.0 PPR points and Travis Kelce scored 10.1.

The call was wrong: Travis Kelce outscored Kyle Pitts Sr. by 10.1.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished 4.3 points below the 4.3 the props implied.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 1 against PIT: 38 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 1 against DEN: 49 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 71 yards, 10.1 PPR points.

Travis Kelce finished as the week's TE16 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start George Kittle over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Dallas Goedert over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start George Kittle over Travis Kelce.