Usage comparison · Tight ends

Colston Loveland vs Pat Freiermuth

Colston Loveland gets more of his team's passes (15% vs 13%), and they get the same share of their teams' air yards (11%). In total, though, Pat Freiermuth has more targets (19 vs 18). Near the end zone, Colston Loveland has had more chances (6 vs 3 plays within 20 yards), but Pat Freiermuth gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (13% vs 9%). Pat Freiermuth is scoring more fantasy points a game (9.7 vs 5.0, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 8.6 vs 8.2 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

TECHI

Colston Loveland
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
5.0
Expected points per gameEst.
8.2

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

TEPIT

Pat Freiermuth
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
9.7
Expected points per gameEst.
8.6

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
Colston Loveland and Pat Freiermuth, season usage side by side
StatColston LovelandPat Freiermuth
Games44
Passes thrown to him
Targets1819
Target share15%13%
Air-yards share11%11%
Catches1114
Receiving yards91125
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances63
Red-zone share9%13%
End-zone targets22
Touchdowns
Touchdowns02
Expected touchdownsEst.1.61.0
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)5.09.7
Fantasy points (PPR)20.138.8
Expected points per gameEst.8.28.6
Points vs expectedEst.−3.2+1.1

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

  • Colston Loveland
  • Pat Freiermuth
Target share by week
WeekColston LovelandPat Freiermuth
18%against CAR14%against ATL
210%against MIN14%against NE
312%against PHI13%against CIN
429%against NYJ13%against CLE

Next to each number: that week's opponent.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for Colston Loveland and Pat Freiermuth
LeaderboardColston LovelandPat Freiermuth
Target share leaders#20of 34 tight ends#22of 34 tight ends
Air-yards share leaders#16of 34 tight ends#17of 34 tight ends
Red-zone share leaders#16of 21 tight ends#8of 21 tight ends
Red-zone opportunity leaders#4of 96 tight ends#20of 96 tight ends
End-zone target leaders#9of 96 tight ends#18of 96 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#20of 96 tight ends#19of 96 tight ends

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Colston Loveland

Role up

Colston Loveland's target share rose to 29% in week 4 (9 targets), from 10% in weeks 1-3.

Target share, week 4
29%
Targets, week 4
9
Target share, weeks 1–3
10%
Targets, weeks 1–3
9

Weeks 1–4 · 4 games

  • Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.

Touchdowns below usage

Colston Loveland has scored 0 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.6, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
0
Expected touchdownsEst.
1.6
Expected PPR per gameEst.
8.2
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
−3.2

Weeks 1–4 · 4 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Pat Freiermuth

No talking points for him in this week's report.

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