Should I start Evan Engram or George Kittle in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Evan Engram, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Evan Engram's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Evan Engram has been on the field for 54 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 1 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Evan Engram was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Evan Engram 6.4, 8.3 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and George Kittle TE13.

Evan Engram had 7 more targets than George Kittle, 76 to 69.

George Kittle had 167 more receiving yards than Evan Engram, 628 to 461.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 54 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

George Kittle has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.