George Kittle Week 14 Outlook - 49ers at Saints

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 5th 2019, 1:08pm EST

It was a messy game against the Ravens last week and Kittle's finishing line of 2/17/0 confirms it. They threw the ball just 21 times in that game, something that won't happen this week. The Saints opponents have averaged 38.1 pass attempts per game, so when you combine that with Kittle's tight-end-leading 25 percent target share, we have what should be a sky-high floor. The Saints have been beat over the middle of the field this year and when targeted, tight ends have caught 73.7 percent of their targets, which is the third-highest mark in the league. We've seen six tight ends finish as the TE13 or better, though none have finished in the top-five. There have been seven tight ends who've totaled at least 41 yards but none who've topped 88 yards. Looking over their schedule, they've had one of the easiest ones in football. Start Kittle as a high-end TE1 and have little concern.