Kyle Pitts · Mark Andrews · 2026 week 1

Kyle Pitts or Mark Andrews?

Wondering who you should start this week — Kyle Pitts or Mark Andrews? 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 0 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
Kyle Pitts START	@ PIT	10.9	4th · soft	11.4	1,536	healthy
Mark Andrews	@ IND	10.9	8th · soft	4.9	552	healthy

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

TEs vs IND recently: George Kittle 17.5 pts (W16) · Brenton Strange 5.4 pts (W17) · Dalton Schultz 7.3 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Kyle Pitts carries the higher trade value — 1,536 against 552 (a 64% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Kyle Pitts gets the most. Momentum: Kyle Pitts -338 and Mark Andrews -117 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.