Start George Kittle or Sam LaPorta? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start George Kittle over Sam LaPorta
Final: 3.2 to 9.8
- LAR D vs TE
- 7.1
- 8th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 15%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 3.2
- PPR pts
- NO D vs TE
- 11.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 21%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 9.8
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start George Kittle over Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 78 and Sam LaPorta at 89.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for George Kittle in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
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.
Sam LaPorta and DET host NO.
NO allowed 11.3 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and no touchdowns against NO.
By points allowed to the position, Sam LaPorta has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Kittle was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Sam LaPorta was not on the injury report when the call was made.
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.
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.
In 2025, Sam LaPorta played 9 games for DET and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.
He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 215 air yards.
He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE9 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 5-6
- Overall rank
- 76
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE23 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 198
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board122
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 8
- Board size242 draftable players
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