Should I start George Kittle or Kenyon Sadiq in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Kenyon Sadiq is 1.8 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.

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

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 43 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 1 of 2 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against KC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 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.

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 43 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and Kenyon Sadiq in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.