Start George Kittle or Brock Bowers? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.5 points and George Kittle at 13.4, a gap of 4.1. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 17.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (16.4, 17.2 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for George Kittle this week yet, so his 13.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (13.2, 11.3 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and George Kittle at 92.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 16.4, 17.2 and 19.0 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 17.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0.6 touchdowns (8 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for George Kittle yet. His market-based projections were 13.2, 11.3 and 15.7 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 13.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Brock Bowers 4.1 points ahead of George Kittle on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 8.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 30 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

George Kittle and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 15.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, George Kittle has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brock Bowers played 83 percent of LV snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Through Week 6, George Kittle played 75 percent of SF snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

George Kittle, Week 3 against ARI: 46 of 54 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 82 yards, 2 touchdowns.

George Kittle, Week 4 against DEN: 60 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards, 1 touchdown.

George Kittle, Week 5 against SEA: 55 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

George Kittle, Week 6 against WAS: 55 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, George Kittle played 11 games for SF 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 and 376 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Colston Loveland over George Kittle.
• Start George Kittle over Dallas Goedert.
• Start George Kittle over Dalton Schultz.