TE PIT
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Pat Freiermuth?
The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.
Start
#9 TE projection this week — comfortable start.
Start call: Pat Freiermuth projects for 10.5 PPR points this week, ranked #9 among TEs by our projection model. vs IND is a soft matchup for TEs — the model applies a +8% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 47.5 — 101% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8.1 |
| 2 | 9.7 |
| 3 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 8.4 |
| 5 this week | 10.5 |
| 6 | 10.6 |
| 7 | 9.1 |
| 8 | 9.0 |
| 9 | — |
| 10 | 11.1 |
| 11 | 8.3 |
| 12 | 9.0 |
| 13 | 9.3 |
| 14 | 10.2 |
| 15 | 8.7 |
| 16 | 9.8 |
| 17 | 10.1 |
| 18 | 8.7 |