Should I start George Kittle or Juwan Johnson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 7

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 7, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 66 percent of NO snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 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 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Juwan Johnson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 4.1 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Juwan Johnson TE8.

Juwan Johnson had 33 more targets than George Kittle, 102 to 69.

Juwan Johnson had 261 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 889 to 628.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 66 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.