Start Malik Nabers or George Kittle? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start George Kittle over Malik Nabers in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project George Kittle at 12.3 points and Malik Nabers at 12.2, a gap of 0.1. 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 12.3 fantasy points for George Kittle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have George Kittle at 45.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 12.2 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Malik Nabers at 56.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (16, 12 and 17 books).

That puts George Kittle 0.1 points ahead of Malik Nabers on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 41.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 204 yards and a touchdown a game against TEN.

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Malik Nabers played 62 percent of NYG snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 1 against DAL: 36 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 2 against LAR: 43 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 219 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start George Kittle over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start George Kittle over Davante Adams.
• Start George Kittle over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Malik Nabers.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Malik Nabers.