Start George Kittle or Harold Fannin? Week 7
Updated Oct 20, 10:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Harold Fannin Jr. over George Kittle
Fannin projects lower, 9.7 to 12.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 73 for Fannin, 92 for Kittle.
- Market projects
- 9.7
- recent weeks avg
- TEN D vs TE
- 10.5
- 9th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Market projects
- 12.3
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs TE
- 15.6
- 11th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 75%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 7 call
Start Harold Fannin Jr. over George Kittle in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.7 points and George Kittle at 12.3, a gap of 2.6. Harold Fannin Jr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 73 against 92, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.
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 Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).
That puts George Kittle 2.6 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. 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.
Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
TEN allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 29 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against TEN.
By points allowed to the position, George Kittle has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Kittle is not on the injury report.
Harold Fannin Jr. 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.
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, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.
He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.
Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.
Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 7 on the board
- Is George Kittle playing Week 7?
- Is Harold Fannin playing Week 7?
- 49ers depth chart
- Browns depth chart
- Week 7 TE rankings
- Week 7 fantasy rankings
- Week 7 start or sit
- Week 7 waiver wire
- Week 7 trade value chart
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 7
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 7 kicker rankings
- Week 7 defense rankings