Should I start George Kittle or Jaylen Wright in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 3.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Kittle was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 9.9 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Jaylen Wright RB70, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Jaylen Wright a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.