Start George Kittle or Colston Loveland? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start George Kittle over Colston Loveland in Week 6.

Market-based projections have George Kittle at 15.5 points and Colston Loveland at 9.3, a gap of 6.1.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 36 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.5 fantasy points for George Kittle, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 64 receiving yards and 5-6 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (7, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts George Kittle 6.1 points ahead of Colston Loveland on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Colston Loveland played 85 percent of CHI snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 5 against GB: 55 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Through Week 5, George Kittle played 73 percent of SF snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

George Kittle, Week 2 against MIA: 25 of 52 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 80 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

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.

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 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start George Kittle over AJ Barner.
• Start George Kittle over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.