Start Tyler Warren or Kyle Pitts Sr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Tyler Warren over Kyle Pitts Sr.
Right: 10.3 to 0.0
- BAL D vs TE
- 10.3
- 12th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 93%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 17%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 10.3
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 5.2
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs TE
- 0.0
- fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 63%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 5%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Tyler Warren over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 1.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is priced by the books at 5.2 projected points and Tyler Warren is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 68 and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 84.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Tyler Warren in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Tyler Warren and IND host BAL.
BAL allowed 10.3 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 13 yards and a touchdown against BAL.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Tyler Warren has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tyler Warren was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Kyle Pitts Sr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.
He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Tyler Warren, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 8 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards, 7.6 PPR points.
Tyler Warren, Week 17 of 2025 against JAX: 49 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards, 9.3 PPR points.
Tyler Warren, Week 16 of 2025 against SF: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards, 6.0 PPR points.
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.
How Week 1 went
Tyler Warren scored 10.3 PPR points and Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 0.0.
The call was right: Tyler Warren outscored Kyle Pitts Sr. by 10.3.
Tyler Warren, Week 1 against BAL: 50 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown, 10.3 PPR points.
Tyler Warren finished as the week's TE14 in PPR scoring.
Kyle Pitts Sr. finished 5.2 points below the 5.2 the props implied.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 1 against PIT: 38 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE2 · IND · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 3-14
- Overall rank
- 9
- Draft pick
- ADP 9
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
TE6 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 103
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
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 board94
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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