Should I start Mark Andrews or George Kittle in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Mark Andrews's market-based projection is 5.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 4.6 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 so far

Through Week 8, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 65 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Mark Andrews was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 7.0 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and George Kittle TE13.

Mark Andrews had 1 more targets than George Kittle, 70 to 69.

George Kittle had 206 more receiving yards than Mark Andrews, 628 to 422.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 65 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

George Kittle has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.