Start Tucker Kraft or Travis Kelce? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Travis Kelce over Tucker Kraft in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 14.2 points and Tucker Kraft at 11.5, a gap of 2.7. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 14.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (16.1 and 12.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 16.1 and 12.3 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 14.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Travis Kelce a 33% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.5 fantasy points for Tucker Kraft, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tucker Kraft is 49 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Travis Kelce 2.7 points ahead of Tucker Kraft on these projections.

Injury status

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Tucker Kraft is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce played 80 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Travis Kelce, Week 2 against IND: 68 of 80 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 3 against MIA: 41 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Through Week 5, Tucker Kraft played 81 percent of GB snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Tucker Kraft, Week 2 against NYJ: 58 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 3 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 4 against TB: 55 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tucker Kraft, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Tucker Kraft played 8 games for GB and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 145 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start George Kittle over Travis Kelce.
• Start Tucker Kraft over AJ Barner.
• Start Tucker Kraft over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tucker Kraft.