Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or George Kittle? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start George Kittle over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 1.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is priced by the books at 5.2 projected points and George Kittle is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 89 and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 84.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for George Kittle in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 0.0 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 0 yards and no touchdowns against PIT.

George Kittle and SF visit LAR.

LAR allowed 7.1 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 31 yards and no touchdowns against LAR.

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

Injury status

Kyle Pitts Sr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.

George Kittle was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 67 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.

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.

George Kittle, Week 18 of 2025 against SEA: 40 of 42 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 29 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

George Kittle, Week 16 of 2025 against IND: 41 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 115 yards, 1 touchdown, 24.5 PPR points.

George Kittle, Week 15 of 2025 against TEN: 71 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 88 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.8 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

George Kittle scored 3.2 PPR points and Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 0.0.

The call was right: George Kittle outscored Kyle Pitts Sr. by 3.2.

George Kittle, Week 1 against LAR: 30 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 3.2 PPR points.

George Kittle finished as the week's TE41 in PPR scoring.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished 5.2 points below the 5.2 the props implied.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 1 against PIT: 38 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start Sam LaPorta over Kyle Pitts Sr..
• Start George Kittle over Colston Loveland.
• Start George Kittle over Dallas Goedert.
• Start George Kittle over David Njoku.