Should I start George Kittle or Rashee Rice in Week 10?

The market-based projections

George Kittle's market-based projection is 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Rashee Rice's market-based projection is 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 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.

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Kittle was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 4.1 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Rashee Rice WR40, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Rashee Rice 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 Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.4 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.