Should I start George Kittle or Harold Fannin in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 9:36 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start George Kittle: 90 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Harold Fannin's 91 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Harold Fannin for George Kittle?

Yes, on the rest of the season. George Kittle projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

George Kittle

TE1 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 4-2

Market-based projection: 15.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 12

Harold Fannin

TE17 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 9.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 115

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

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 Harold Fannin, and the board ranks him 115th 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 Harold Fannin is 2.4 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, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 88 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 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 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Harold Fannin 11.7, 3.0 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Harold Fannin TE6.

Harold Fannin had 38 more targets than George Kittle, 107 to 69.

Harold Fannin had 103 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 731 to 628.

This season Harold Fannin holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 75 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and Harold Fannin in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Harold Fannin for George Kittle?
Yes, on the rest of the season. George Kittle projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop George Kittle for Harold Fannin?
No. Keep George Kittle: he projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games).