Start Davante Adams or George Kittle? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start George Kittle over Davante Adams in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project George Kittle at 10.3 points and Davante Adams at 9.9, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. George Kittle's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for George Kittle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books give George Kittle a 34% chance to score a touchdown (15 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books give Davante Adams a 43% chance to score a touchdown (15 books).

That puts George Kittle 0.4 points ahead of Davante Adams on the books.

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Davante Adams played 59 percent of LAR snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start George Kittle over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start George Kittle over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Denzel Boston over George Kittle.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Davante Adams.
• Start Davante Adams over Chris Olave.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Davante Adams.