Should I start Mike Evans or George Kittle in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:16 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start George Kittle: 89 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mike Evans's 53 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Mike Evans for George Kittle?

Yes, on the rest of the season. George Kittle projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). Mike Evans is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Mike Evans

WR4 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 16.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 8

George Kittle

TE1 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 4-2

Market-based projection: 15.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 9

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The gap

Board size297 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for George Kittle, 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 5

Through Week 5, Mike Evans has been on the field for 58 percent of SF snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, George Kittle has been on the field for 73 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

George Kittle was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

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

Mike Evans finished WR76 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Mike Evans for George Kittle?
Yes, on the rest of the season. George Kittle projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). Mike Evans is listed out.
Should I drop George Kittle for Mike Evans?
No. Keep George Kittle: he projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). Mike Evans is listed out.