Should I start George Kittle or Colston Loveland in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 4.6 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 Colston Loveland is 3.2 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 8, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 2 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against SEA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 65 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 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colston Loveland was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 4.4 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Colston Loveland TE12.

Colston Loveland had 13 more targets than George Kittle, 82 to 69.

Colston Loveland had 85 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 713 to 628.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 78 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

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