Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Noah Gray? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Noah Gray in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 points and Noah Gray at 3.6, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.6 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Noah Gray this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (3.1 and 4.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Noah Gray yet. His market-based projections were 3.1 and 4.1 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Noah Gray is 0.1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 2.9 points ahead of Noah Gray on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 9.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

Noah Gray and KC visit SEA on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

SEA allowed 9.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Kyle Pitts Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Noah Gray is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Noah Gray played 59 percent of KC snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 2 against IND: 40 of 80 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 3 against MIA: 33 of 52 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 4 against LV: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 6 against LAC: 39 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

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, Noah Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Darnell Washington.
• Start AJ Barner over Noah Gray.
• Start Noah Gray over Austin Hooper.
• Start Noah Gray over Cole Kmet.