TE: Pat Freiermuth - PIT

2024 Season Summary

Basic Stats (17 games)

• Targets: 78

• Receptions: 65 (83.3% catch rate)

• Receiving Yards: 653 (38.4 yards/game)

• Yards per Reception: 10.0

• Touchdowns: 7 (tied for 4th among TEs)

Target & Usage

• Averaged 4.6 targets per game

• 17% overall target share

• 23% red-zone target share

• Ranked 14th of 37 TEs in total targets, 8th in receptions

Performance Trends

• Strong finish to the year: multiple 6+ catch games between Weeks 12–18

• Week 18: 8 receptions, 85 yards, 1 touchdown

  
  

2025 Fantasy Outlook

Key Drivers & Metrics

1. Snap Share and Red Zone Usage

   • 68.9% snap share and 23% route participation rate

   • Maintained a strong 23% red-zone target share, resulting in 7 touchdowns

2. Quarterback Situation

   • Aaron Rodgers takes over in 2025

   • Historically, Rodgers has not favored tight ends in fantasy-relevant ways

3. Health & Durability

   • Played all 17 games in 2024

   • Enters 2025 healthy and with no major injury concerns

   
   
   
   

Headliner Take

Pat Freiermuth enters the 2025 season as a low-end TE2 with weekly TD-dependent upside. His 2024 numbers (65/653/7) were buoyed by a high catch rate (83%) and strong red-zone involvement (23% share), but the offensive outlook is less promising this year. With Arthur Smith still calling plays and Aaron Rodgers now under center—a QB not known for feeding tight ends—the volume may be too inconsistent to rely on. Add in the arrival of DK Metcalf and the return of Roman Wilson, and Freiermuth could get squeezed out of reliable usage. He’s a fringe starter at best and more of a matchup-based streamer in 2025.