Should I start George Kittle or D'Andre Swift in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

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.

D'Andre Swift's market-based projection is 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 158 players with a market-based projection.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 13 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 16 times for 44 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 26 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 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

D'Andre Swift was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and D'Andre Swift 14.3, 0.4 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and D'Andre Swift RB15, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and D'Andre Swift 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 D'Andre Swift in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.