Should I start Chris Olave or George Kittle in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Chris Olave's market-based projection is 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for George Kittle, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Chris Olave has been on the field for 86 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 4 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, George Kittle has been on the field for 73 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Chris Olave was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 2.1 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

George Kittle has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.