George Kittle or Jameson Williams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Kittle at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, George Kittle has been on the field for 68 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 14.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 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 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jameson Williams 12.9, 1.7 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Jameson Williams WR12, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Jameson Williams a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jameson Williams is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for George Kittle.

What would change the answer

1.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.