George Kittle or Cade Otton: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Kittle at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cade Otton at 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cade Otton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, George Kittle has been on the field for 68 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Cade Otton has been on the field for 94 percent of TB snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cade Otton was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Cade Otton 7.6, 7.0 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Cade Otton TE22.

Cade Otton had 12 more targets than George Kittle, 81 to 69.

George Kittle had 56 more receiving yards than Cade Otton, 628 to 572.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 94 percent against 68 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 19 percent.

What would change the answer

5.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.