George Kittle or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 121.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have George Kittle at 7.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 149th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

George Kittle's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, George Kittle has been on the field for 47 percent of SF snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, AJ Barner has been on the field for 83 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 6.0 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and AJ Barner TE14.

George Kittle had 1 more targets than AJ Barner, 69 to 68.

George Kittle had 109 more receiving yards than AJ Barner, 628 to 519.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 47 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and AJ Barner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

George Kittle is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.