George Kittle or Christian Watson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Kittle at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Christian Watson at 14.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 107 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 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, 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 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.

Through Week 5, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 7 of 10 targets for 96 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 143 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Kittle was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 1.4 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Christian Watson WR46, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for George Kittle.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.