Should I start Javonte Williams or George Kittle in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 Javonte Williams is 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 22 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he carried 20 times for 101 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 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 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Javonte Williams was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 0.5 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Javonte Williams is a running back 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

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.