George Kittle or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Kittle at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, George Kittle has been on the field for 68 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 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 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 6.2 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Luther Burden III WR48, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Luther Burden III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for George Kittle.

What would change the answer

1.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.