Start George Kittle or Dallas Goedert? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start George Kittle over Dallas Goedert in Week 9.

Market-based projections have George Kittle at 15.9 points and Dallas Goedert at 10.8, a gap of 5.0. No player market is posted for George Kittle this week yet, so his 15.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (15.7 and 16.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dallas Goedert this week yet, so his 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (8.8, 12.7 and 11.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 92 and Dallas Goedert at 121.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for George Kittle yet. His market-based projections were 15.7 and 16.0 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 15.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Dallas Goedert yet. His market-based projections were 8.8, 12.7 and 11.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts George Kittle 5.0 points ahead of Dallas Goedert on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

George Kittle and SF host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

Dallas Goedert and PHI host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 12.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.

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

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Dallas Goedert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, George Kittle played 78 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 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.

George Kittle, Week 7 against ATL: 60 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 88 yards.

Through Week 8, Dallas Goedert played 67 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Dallas Goedert, Week 5 against JAX: 43 of 62 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards.

Dallas Goedert, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.

Dallas Goedert, Week 7 against DAL: 48 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards.

Dallas Goedert, Week 8 against WAS: 1 carry for 2 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.

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

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start George Kittle over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start George Kittle over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Cade Otton.