Charlie Kolar · Cole Kmet · 2026 week 1

Charlie Kolar or Cole Kmet?

Wondering who you should start this week — Charlie Kolar or Cole Kmet? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Cole Kmet — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.6 points. The matchup leans Cole Kmet (CAR allow the 14th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Charlie Kolar	vs ARI	4.0	3rd · soft	2.8	–	healthy
Cole Kmet START	@ CAR	4.6	14th	4.2	–	healthy

TEs vs ARI recently: Kyle Pitts 11.7 pts (W16) · Mike Gesicki 4.7 pts (W17) · Colby Parkinson 15.6 pts (W18).

TEs vs CAR recently: Cade Otton 1.5 pts (W16) · AJ Barner 10.3 pts (W17) · Cade Otton 15.4 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.