George Kittle Week 7 Outlook - 49ers at Patriots

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 22nd 2020, 9:40am EDT

He's either totaled exactly 44 yards and no touchdown, or he's posted 100-plus yards and a touchdown. There's been no in-between. Kittle is front-and-center of this offense and everyone knows it, though no one has been able to stop it. This is the third straight year he's averaged 9.8 or more yards per target. Will Bill Belichick have the answer? The Patriots actually rank No. 1 in the Football Outsiders DVOA metric that takes level of competition into consideration. Through five games, they've allowed just 200 yards to the tight end position, which ranks as the third-lowest mark in all of football. They've played against Travis Kelce, Darren Waller, and Mike Gesicki, yet no tight end has walked out of the game with more than three receptions. Now that's a crazy stat. It's worth noting that none of them saw more than six targets, so the way they're scheming against tight ends must be working. Kittle has never played against the Patriots, so it's tough to say how we should feel about it. What I can tell you is that over the last six times they've played Kelce, he hasn't topped more than 13.6 PPR points, so while you're playing Kittle in redraft leagues, maybe you shouldn't be paying up in DFS cash lineups.