Jalen Hurts or George Kittle: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 7th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price George Kittle at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 118.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 75 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 75 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 1 against WAS he completed 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 48 yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

Through Week 2, George Kittle has been on the field for 47 percent of SF snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Jalen Hurts was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Jalen Hurts finished QB8 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Hurts is a quarterback and George Kittle a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

7.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.