Start George Kittle or Tyler Warren? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tyler Warren over George Kittle in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 11.5 points and George Kittle at 15.9, a gap of 4.3. 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 11.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (13.0 and 10.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for George Kittle this week yet, so his 15.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (15.7 and 16.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for George Kittle yet. His market-based projections were 15.7 and 16.0 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 15.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Tyler Warren yet. His market-based projections were 13.0 and 10.1 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 11.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts George Kittle 4.3 points ahead of Tyler Warren on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

George Kittle and SF host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

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

DAL allowed 12.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, George Kittle 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 9

Through Week 7, George Kittle played 78 percent of SF snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

George Kittle, Week 4 against DEN: 60 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 8, Tyler Warren played 91 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

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: 10 targets and 4 catches for 18 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 9 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start George Kittle over Dallas Goedert.
• Start George Kittle over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Colston Loveland.