Dallas Goedert · Kyle Pitts · 2026 week 1

Dallas Goedert or Kyle Pitts?

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

Start Kyle Pitts — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 1.1 points. The matchup leans Kyle Pitts (PIT allow the 4th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Dallas Goedert	vs WAS	9.8	2nd · soft	15.7	673	healthy
Kyle Pitts START	@ PIT	10.9	4th · soft	11.4	1,536	healthy

TEs vs WAS recently: Dallas Goedert 9.2 pts (W16) · Jake Ferguson 6.6 pts (W17) · Grant Calcaterra 8.1 pts (W18).

TEs vs PIT recently: Anthony Firkser 4 pts (W16) · Harold Fannin 9 pts (W17) · Isaiah Likely 3.2 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Kyle Pitts carries the higher trade value — 1,536 against 673 (a 56% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Kyle Pitts gets the most. Momentum: Dallas Goedert +109 and Kyle Pitts -338 over the last 30 days.

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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.