Should I start George Kittle or Dalton Schultz in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, George Kittle has been on the field for 75 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 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 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 4.2 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Dalton Schultz TE10.

Dalton Schultz had 37 more targets than George Kittle, 106 to 69.

Dalton Schultz had 149 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 777 to 628.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 58 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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