Dallas Goedert · Travis Kelce · 2026 week 1

Dallas Goedert or Travis Kelce?

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

Start Travis Kelce — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 1.2 points. The matchup leans Travis Kelce (DEN allow the 17th-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
Travis Kelce START	vs DEN	11.0	17th	4.8	1,241	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 DEN recently: Brenton Strange 9.9 pts (W16) · Travis Kelce 3.6 pts (W17) · Oronde Gadsden 2.3 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Travis Kelce carries the higher trade value — 1,241 against 673 (a 46% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Travis Kelce gets the most. Momentum: Dallas Goedert +109 and Travis Kelce -244 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.