Start Pat Freiermuth or Kyle Pitts Sr.? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 3:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Pat Freiermuth

- Market projects
- 9.4
- recent weeks avg
- KC D vs TE
- 17.8
- 5th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 9

- Market projects
- 6.7
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs TE
- 16.5
- 7th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Pat Freiermuth?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pat Freiermuth projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 60 (8.6 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Pat Freiermuth. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Pat Freiermuth in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 9.4 points and Pat Freiermuth at 6.7, a gap of 2.7. No player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. this week yet, so his 9.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.7, 8.6 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 8.7, 8.6 and 10.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Pat Freiermuth, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 0.3 touchdowns (11 market sources).
That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 2.7 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
KC allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 66 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.
Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.
By points allowed to the position, Kyle Pitts Sr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.
Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 59 percent of ATL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 8 against TB: 29 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 9 against CIN: 42 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.
Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Pat Freiermuth, Week 8 against CLE: 31 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.
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.
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 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Pat Freiermuth?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pat Freiermuth projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 60 (8.6 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Pat Freiermuth. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Kyle Pitts Sr.?
No. Keep Pat Freiermuth: he projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 60 (8.6 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Kyle Pitts Sr. over Pat Freiermuth.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Pat Freiermuth playing Week 10?
- Is Kyle Pitts Sr. playing Week 10?
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