Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or George Kittle in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 5.0 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.

Ja'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 81 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 73 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 10 of 12 targets for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 4.9 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Ja'Marr Chase is a wide receiver 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

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.