Start Colston Loveland or George Kittle? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start George Kittle over Colston Loveland
Right: 3.2 to 0.0
- LAR D vs TE
- 7.1
- 8th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 15%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 3.2
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 2.5
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs TE
- 11.5
- 14th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 87%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 8%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start George Kittle over Colston Loveland in Week 1.
Colston Loveland is priced by the books at 2.5 projected points and George Kittle is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 78 and Colston Loveland at 61.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 2.5 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 33 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for George Kittle in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Colston Loveland and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 11.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and a touchdown against CAR.
George Kittle and SF visit LAR.
LAR allowed 7.1 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 31 yards and no touchdowns against LAR.
By points allowed to the position, Colston Loveland has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Colston Loveland was not on the injury report when the call was made.
George Kittle was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.
He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.
He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Colston Loveland, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 13 targets and 10 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown, 25.1 PPR points.
Colston Loveland, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 54 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.4 PPR points.
Colston Loveland, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 53 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards, 6.0 PPR points.
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.
George Kittle, Week 18 of 2025 against SEA: 40 of 42 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 29 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
George Kittle, Week 16 of 2025 against IND: 41 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 115 yards, 1 touchdown, 24.5 PPR points.
George Kittle, Week 15 of 2025 against TEN: 71 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 88 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.8 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
George Kittle scored 3.2 PPR points and Colston Loveland scored 0.0.
The call was right: George Kittle outscored Colston Loveland by 3.2.
George Kittle, Week 1 against LAR: 30 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 3.2 PPR points.
George Kittle finished as the week's TE41 in PPR scoring.
Colston Loveland finished 2.5 points below the 2.5 the props implied.
Colston Loveland, Week 1 against CAR: 65 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE3 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 10-6
- Overall rank
- 71
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
TE7 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 5-6
- Overall rank
- 104
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board33
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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