Start George Kittle or Travis Kelce? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start George Kittle over Travis Kelce
- LAR D vs TE
- 7.1
- 8th fewest to TEs (2026)
- DEN D vs TE
- 13.5
- 14th most to TEs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start George Kittle over Travis Kelce 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 89 and Travis Kelce at 116.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for George Kittle in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Travis Kelce 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.
Travis Kelce and KC host DEN.
DEN allowed 13.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 14th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns against DEN.
By points allowed to the position, Travis Kelce has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Kittle was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Travis Kelce 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, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.
He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Travis Kelce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 6 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.2 PPR points.
Travis Kelce, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 42 of 43 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards, 8.6 PPR points.
Travis Kelce, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 35 of 45 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1.6 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE7 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 5-6
- Overall rank
- 104
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE8 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 112
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded 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 board8
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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