Start George Kittle or Dalton Schultz? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start George Kittle over Dalton Schultz in Week 7.

Market-based projections have George Kittle at 12.3 points and Dalton Schultz at 9.5, a gap of 2.8. No player market is posted for George Kittle this week yet, so his 12.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (13.2 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dalton Schultz this week yet, so his 9.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.7 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 92 and Dalton Schultz at 228.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for George Kittle yet. His market-based projections were 13.2 and 11.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 12.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dalton Schultz yet. His market-based projections were 9.7 and 9.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts George Kittle 2.8 points ahead of Dalton Schultz on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Dalton Schultz and HOU host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 12.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 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.

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Dalton Schultz played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Schultz, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 4 against DAL: 35 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 5 against TEN: 34 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 6 against JAX: 25 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 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, Dalton Schultz played 17 games for HOU and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 419 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start Colston Loveland over George Kittle.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over George Kittle.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Cade Otton.