Start Tucker Kraft or George Kittle? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start George Kittle over Tucker Kraft
Wrong: 3.2 to 9.5
- 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
- Books implied
- 6.5
- pre-game
- MIN D vs TE
- 16.5
- 10th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 15%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 9.5
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start George Kittle over Tucker Kraft in Week 1.
Tucker Kraft is priced by the books at 6.5 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 78 and Tucker Kraft at 108.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for George Kittle in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Tucker Kraft, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
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.
Tucker Kraft and GB visit MIN on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
MIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 10th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 115 yards and no touchdowns against MIN.
By points allowed to the position, Tucker Kraft has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Kittle was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Tucker Kraft 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, Tucker Kraft played 8 games for GB and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.
He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 145 air yards.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
How Week 1 went
George Kittle scored 3.2 PPR points and Tucker Kraft scored 9.5.
The call was wrong: Tucker Kraft outscored George Kittle by 6.3.
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.
Tucker Kraft finished 3.0 points above the 6.5 the props implied.
Tucker Kraft, Week 1 against MIN: 45 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 65 yards, 9.5 PPR points.
Tucker Kraft finished as the week's TE18 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE7 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs catches line 4-4
- Overall rank
- 64
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE9 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 5-6
- Overall rank
- 76
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board12
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 3
- Board size242 draftable players
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