Should I start George Kittle or Chuba Hubbard in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 5.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 5 of 8 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 80 percent of CAR snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 7 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 7 times for 33 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he carried 22 times for 81 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DEN he carried 16 times for 79 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 17 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 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 6.3 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Chuba Hubbard RB38, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Chuba Hubbard a running back, 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 Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.