Kyle Pitts falls outside Week 9 top 12 tight ends — SkimNews
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- Brock Bowers cleared the preview's must-start benchmark of 12 PPR fantasy points per game, as did Trey McBride, Isaiah Likely, George Kittle, Tyler Warren and Sam LaPorta; Harold Fannin and Travis Kelce just missed it.
- Kyle Pitts averaged 10.5 PPR fantasy points per game since Michael Penix took over at quarterback, but the preview attributes most of that production to touchdowns; Pitts ranked 13th in receptions and 18th in yards among tight ends without a bye or missed game.
- Kyle Pitts was outside the preview's top 12 tight ends for Week 9 as of Tuesday afternoon, although the analyst still did not want to drop him and said one-tight-end managers should start him while hoping for a touchdown.
- Colston Loveland averaged 14.0 PPR points over the latest month and drew 28 targets in three games since Caleb Williams returned at quarterback; the preview said it was buying his recent surge.
- Tucker Kraft averaged 13.1 PPR points over the latest month, joining Loveland in the recent-month group that the analyst was buying.
- Sam LaPorta fell out of the recent-month group but still ranked second among tight ends with eight red-zone targets; the preview gave him one more week against the Dolphins and said he should bounce back.
- Travis Kelce scored 11.7 PPR points in Week 8, his best game since September, but was classified as a borderline starter rather than a must-start.
Why it matters: Pitts managers face the consequential downgrade: his 10.5-point run is touchdown-heavy, so he sits outside the top 12 despite remaining a start in one-tight-end lineups. The 12-PPR baseline identifies six clear must-starts, while the preview explicitly favors buying Loveland's and Kraft's recent surges.
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