Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Tommy Tremble? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Tommy Tremble in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 8.5 points and Tommy Tremble at 3.9, a gap of 4.6. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (4.2 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 36 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (3, 3 and 6 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 4.2 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 4.6 points ahead of Tommy Tremble 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.

Tommy Tremble and CAR host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

By points allowed to the position, Tommy Tremble has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 2 against ATL: 37 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Darnell Washington over Tommy Tremble.