Should I start George Kittle or Puka Nacua in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Puka Nacua, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 5.0 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.

The market-based projection for Puka Nacua is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 86 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 24 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 93 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 8 of 10 targets for 68 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LAC he caught 11 of 12 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against WAS he carried 2 times for 20 yards, caught 14 of 19 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Puka Nacua was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 8.8 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and Puka Nacua in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Puka Nacua is listed as questionable on the injury report.