George Kittle or Chris Godwin Jr.: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price George Kittle at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 90th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 91st highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 127.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 100.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, George Kittle has been on the field for 46 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

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

Through Week 1, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 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 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Kittle was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 5.5 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Chris Godwin Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.