Start George Kittle or Hunter Henry? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start George Kittle over Hunter Henry in Week 7.

Market-based projections have George Kittle at 13.4 points and Hunter Henry at 8.9, a gap of 4.5. No player market is posted for George Kittle this week yet, so his 13.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (13.2, 11.3 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 92 and Hunter Henry at 183.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for George Kittle yet. His market-based projections were 13.2, 11.3 and 15.7 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 13.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Hunter Henry is 34 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts George Kittle 4.5 points ahead of Hunter Henry 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.

Hunter Henry and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

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

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

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Hunter Henry 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, Hunter Henry played 73 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Hunter Henry, Week 3 against JAX: 44 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Hunter Henry, Week 4 against BUF: 49 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Hunter Henry, Week 5 against LV: 48 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

Hunter Henry, Week 6 against NYJ: 52 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 48 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, Hunter Henry played 17 games for NE and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets and 433 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 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 George Kittle over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Hunter Henry over AJ Barner.
• Start Hunter Henry over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Hunter Henry.