Start George Kittle or Tyler Warren? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tyler Warren over George Kittle in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 11.0 points and George Kittle at 16.0, a gap of 5.1. Tyler Warren still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 67 against 92, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Tyler Warren this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.1 and 11.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for George Kittle, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 64 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (5, 5 and 7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Warren yet. His market-based projections were 10.1 and 11.9 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts George Kittle 5.1 points ahead of Tyler Warren on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

George Kittle and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DAL.

Tyler Warren and IND host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 19.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 69 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against MIA.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Warren has the softer matchup.

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Tyler Warren is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, George Kittle played 78 percent of SF snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

George Kittle, Week 5 against SEA: 55 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

George Kittle, Week 6 against WAS: 55 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

George Kittle, Week 7 against ATL: 60 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 88 yards.

George Kittle, Week 9 against LV: 57 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

Through Week 9, Tyler Warren played 87 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 5 against PIT: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 9 targets and 7 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 8 against JAX: 44 of 61 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 18 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 9 against DAL: 53 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

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.

In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start George Kittle over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start George Kittle over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Chig Okonkwo.