Should I start Jaylen Warren or George Kittle in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jaylen Warren's market-based projection is 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for George Kittle, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 76 percent of PIT snaps, taken 69 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 15 times for 101 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 87 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, George Kittle has been on the field for 73 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Jaylen Warren was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 1.1 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Warren 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

Jaylen Warren is off in Week 9 and George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

George Kittle has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.