Darren Waller or George Kittle

Who Should I Start? - Week 1

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Player Summaries Comparison
	Experts' Pick
	George Kittle TE - SF George Kittle TE - SF vs. ARI, Sun 4pm EDT	Darren Waller TE - LV Darren Waller TE - LV at CAR, Sun 1pm EDT
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Rankings

ECR	# 1	# 5	-
Best Rank	# 1	# 3	-
Worst Rank	# 11	# 61	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. ARI	at CAR	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 5 star matchup. TEs perform better than their average vs ARI	This is a 2 star matchup. TEs perform a little worse than their average vs CAR	-


Stats Allowed
Rec	22.8	24.9
Rec Yds	246.8	251.5
Rec TD	1.6	1.8

Fantasy Points

Season Total	77.1	171.6	-
Avg Game	9.6	10.7	-
2019 Average	9.6	10.7	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-
Weather	Indoor	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	George Kittle	Darren Waller	Add Player

Scott AtkinsS. Atkins FullTime Fantasy 09/29	#2	#5	-

Husein ShabazzH. Shabazz SleeperWire 09/13	#1	#5	-

Michael TomlinM. Tomlin Fantasy Six Pack 09/13	#1	#6	-

Steven SpaccarotelliS. Spac... SleeperWire 09/13	#1	#6	-

Nathan JahnkeN. Jahnke Pro Football Focus 09/13	#1	#5	-

Joe BondJ. Bond Fantasy Six Pack 09/13	#1	#5	-

Marc CavigliaM. Cavi... Bruno Boys 09/13	#2	#6	-

Patrick ThormanP. Thorman Establish the Run 09/10	#1	#5	-

Justin GeorgeJ. George Take Your League 09/10	#3	#4	-

Nick HumphreysN. Hump... Fantasy Victors 09/10	#1	#5	-

Kevin HansonK. Hanson EDSFootball 09/10	#1	#5	-

Michael HauffM. Hauff Gridiron Experts 09/13	#1	#5	-

Raju ByfieldR. Byfield Win My Fantasy League 09/13	#1	#6	-

Mike WrightM. Wright The Fantasy Footballers 09/13	#1	#5	-

Matthew HillM. Hill DataForce Fantasy Football 09/13	#1	#6	-

Sean KoernerS. Koerner The Action Network 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jamie CalandroJ. Cala... Fantasy Team Advice 09/13	#1	#5	-

Andy HollowayA. Holl... The Fantasy Footballers 09/13	#1	#5	-

Anthony CervinoA. Cervino Gridiron Experts 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jason MooreJ. Moore The Fantasy Footballers 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jacob W. DunneJ. W. D... New Life Fantasy 09/09	#1	#5	-

Todd D ClarkT. D Clark The Fantasy Fix 09/13	#1	#5	-

Elvin RyanE. Ryan The Pregame HQ 09/10	#1	#5	-

Jacob GibbsJ. Gibbs SportsLine 09/13	#1	#6	-

Matt BrandonM. Brandon Matt Brandon 08/10	#1	#5	-

Craig PhillipsC. Phil... FF Prophet 09/13	#1	#5	-

Dennis SosicD. Sosic Fantasy Six Pack 09/13	#1	#5	-

Seth MillerS. Miller Crossroads Fantasy Football 09/13	#2	#4	-

Kyle RichardsonK. Rich... The Fantasy Headliners 09/13	#1	#7	-

Ryan SkolrudR. Skolrud SkullKing Sports 09/13	#1	#5	-

Adrian AlpansequeA. Alpa... Estadio Fantasy 09/09	#1	#5	-

Mike RigzM. Rigz Gridiron Experts 09/13	#2	#9	-

Seth KleinS. Klein Fantrax 09/13	#1	#5	-

Rudy GambleR. Gamble Razzball 09/13	#2	#5	-

Kevin WheelerK. Wheeler The Draft Zone 09/13	#1	#5	-

Mick CiallelaM. Cial... Fantrax 09/10	#1	#5	-

Dan YanotchkoD. Yano... EDSFootball 09/13	#1	#12	-

David BiggsD. Biggs Drink Five 09/10	#2	#5	-

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Rich PiazzaR. Piazza Fantasy Shed 09/09	#1	#4	-

Pat FitzmauriceP. Fitz... The Football Girl 09/10	#1	#5	-

Muntradamus M. Beast Dome 09/13	#11	#4	-

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Jake ArthurJ. Arthur Colts.com 09/13	#1	#5	-

Brandon FunstonB. Funston The Athletic 09/13	#1	#5	-

Andy VandaA. Vanda Take Your League 09/12	#2	#5	-

Jonathan StoneJ. Stone The Hateful 8 09/13	#1	#5	-

Zachary HanshewZ. Hanshew FantasyPros 09/13	#1	#4	-

Matt De LimaM. De Lima Sports Illustrated 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jody SmithJ. Smith FantasyData 09/10	#1	#5	-

Jake CielyJ. Ciely The Athletic 09/12	#1	#6	-

Jeff RatcliffeJ. Ratc... FTN 09/13	#1	#5	-

Brian StraitB. Strait FTLS Fantasy Football 09/13	#2	#5	-

Tal MalachovskyT. Mala... The Fantasy Scout 09/13	#1	#6	-

Bill EnrightB. Enright Sports Illustrated 09/13	#1	#5	-

Adam PfeiferA. Pfeifer FTN 09/08	#1	#5	-

Donkey TeethD. Teeth Razzball 09/10	#1	#4	-

Jason WillanJ. Willan Gridiron Experts 09/13	#1	#5	-

Site RankingsS. Rank... FullTime Fantasy 09/13	#1	#5	-

Greg SmithG. Smith TwoQBs 09/13	#2	#7	-

Matthew FreedmanM. Free... The Action Network 09/10	#1	#4	-

Tozzi BrothersT. Brot... Legion Report 09/09	#1	#5	-

Mauricio GutierrezM. Guti... Estadio Fantasy 09/12	#1	#5	-

Robert WaziakR. Waziak The Fantasy Footballers 09/10	#1	#5	-

Christopher DellC. Dell Betting Predators 09/13	#1	#4	-

Jason PetropoulosJ. Petr... BRoto Fantasy 09/13	#1	#8	-

Isaiah SiroisI. Sirois FantasyPros 09/13	#2	#6	-

Heath CappsH. Capps Fake Teams 09/13	#1	#8	-

Mundo Fantasy MXM. Fant... Mundo Fantasy 09/11	#1	#5	-

Bart WheelerB. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football 09/13	#1	#5	-

Elisha TwerskiE. Twerski numberFire 09/13	#1	#4	-

Justin DoddsJ. Dodds SleeperWire 09/09	#1	#5	-

Tyler OrginskiT. Orgi... Fantasy Hot Read 09/13	#1	#5	-

Dave MajorD. Major XN Sports 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jon CollinsJ. Collins Fantasy Sports LR 09/12	#1	#5	-

Donald GibsonD. Gibson FantasyPros 09/13	#1	#5	-

Nick MarianoN. Mariano RotoBaller 09/13	#1	#5	-

Staff RankingsS. Rank... Important Nonsense 09/10	#1	#5	-

Mike TagliereM. Tagl... FantasyPros 09/13	#1	#5	-

Tommy MoliooT. Molioo The Undroppables 09/09	#1	#4	-

Andrew SeifterA. Seifter FantasyPros 09/11	#1	#5	-

Neema HodjatN. Hodjat Real GM 09/09	#2	#5	-

Andy SingletonA. Sing... Expand The Boxscore 09/13	#1	#5	-

Ryan NoonanR. Noonan FTN 09/13	#1	#5	-

Eric MoodyE. Moody FantasyData 09/13	#1	#7	-

Dominick PetrilloD. Petr... Fantasy Hot Read 09/09	#1	#5	-

Tim JablonskiT. Jabl... The Hateful 8 09/13	#1	#5	-

Matthew BoweM. Bowe Razzball 09/13	#1	#8	-

Clayton CadieuxC. Cadieux Fantasy Football From Up North 09/12	#1	#5	-

Chris KennedyC. Kennedy The Fantasy Headliners 09/13	#1	#5	-

Dan McLellanD. McLe... WBLZ Media 09/10	#1	#7	-

Jose Ramon LlacaJ. Ramo... Estadio Fantasy 09/07	#1	#5	-

Justin SablichJ. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 09/13	#1	#5	-

Staff RankingsS. Rank... QB List 09/12	#1	#5	-

Nick ZylakN. Zylak Fantasy Football Advice 09/13	#1	#5	-

Matt SchaufM. Schauf Draft Sharks 09/10	#1	#6	-

Michael PetropoulosM. Petr... BRoto Fantasy 09/09	#2	#5	-

Jared SmolaJ. Smola Draft Sharks 09/13	#1	#6	-

Jeff PaurJ. Paur RTSports 09/10	#1	#6	-

Richard SavillR. Savill Fantasy Six Pack 09/12	#2	#6	-

Derek LoflandD. Lofland FantasyPros 09/09	#1	#5	-

Brandon MurchisonB. Murc... RotoBaller 09/13	#1	#5	-

Mike RandleM. Randle BettingPros 09/10	#1	#4	-

Scott SmithS. Smith RotoViz 09/13	#1	#5	-

Doug NorrieD. Norrie Daily Fantasy Sports Rankings 09/13	#2	#5	-

Mike HarmonM. Harmon Swollen Dome 09/13	#1	#5	-

Chet GreshamC. Gresham DK Nation 09/10	#2	#5	-

Matthew BetzM. Betz BallBlast 09/13	#2	#5	-

Dan HarrisD. Harris FantasyPros 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jordan RainsJ. Rains Expand The Boxscore 09/13	#2	#4	-

Ken ZalisK. Zalis Pressbox 09/08	#2	#5	-

Kelly SmelserK. Smelser Punch Drunk Wonderland 09/13	#1	#5	-

Dalton Del DonD. Del Don Yahoo! Sports 09/13	#1	#14	-

Kyle AugustK. August Fantasy Football Smackdown 09/13	#1	#5	-

Lawrence JacksonL. Jackson Fantasy Football Lord 09/13	#1	#3	-

Des BielerD. Bieler The Washington Post 09/13	#1	#5	-

Francisco (Chato) RomeroF. (Cha... Estadio Fantasy 09/13	#1	#5	-

Scott PianowskiS. Pian... Yahoo! Sports 09/13	#1	#6	-

Scott WhitfieldS. Whit... Roto Rankings 09/13	#1	#5	-

KJK. Fantasy Team Advice 09/10	#2	#5	-

Mike MacGregorM. MacG... Draft Buddy 09/12	#1	#5	-

Andrew EricksonA. Eric... Pro Football Focus 09/13	#1	#5	-

Thor AkerleyT. Akerley Fantasy Team Advice 09/13	#1	#5	-

Davis MattekD. Mattek RotoExperts 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jacob WayneJ. Wayne Lineups 09/09	#2	#8	-

Liz LozaL. Loza Yahoo! Sports 09/13	#1	#7	-

Gerson AguirreG. Aguirre Going For 2 09/07	#1	#5	-

Alex BlickleA. Blickle Fantasy Team Advice 09/13	#1	#5	-

Jeff BoggisJ. Boggis Fantasy Football Empire 09/13	#1	#6	-

John HalpinJ. Halpin Carolina Panthers Radio Network 09/13	#1	#5	-

Justin WeigalJ. Weigal FantasySharks 09/13	#1	#5	-

Matt CampM. Camp Bleacher Report 09/13	#1	#5	-

Kyle YatesK. Yates FantasyPros 09/09	#1	#5	-

Dan ClasgensD. Clas... Get Sports Info 09/13	#2	#6	-

Jamey EisenbergJ. Eise... CBS Sports 09/11	#2	#5	-

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Drew DeLucaD. DeLuca NFL Spinzone 09/13	#1	#5	-

Kate MagdziukK. Magd... BallBlast 09/12	#1	#11	-

Michelle MagdziukM. Magd... BallBlast 09/10	#1	#9	-

Ben WasleyB. Wasley The Fantasy First Down 09/13	#2	#5	-

Kyle EnglishK. English Reality Sports 09/10	#1	#5	-

Dave RichardD. Richard CBS Sports 09/12	#4	#3	-

Scott EngelS. Engel RotoBaller 09/12	#1	#5	-

DailyRotoD. DailyRoto 09/13	#2	#4	-

Aaron LarsonA. Larson FantasyPros 09/09	#1	#5	-

Jason SablichJ. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 09/04	#1	#10	-

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Elliot Berkovits E. Berk... Packer Report 09/13	#1	#4	-

Ellis JohnsonE. Johnson True North Fantasy Football 09/13	#2	#4	-

Huseyin AksuH. Aksu Fantasy Couch 09/13	#2	#7	-

Richard KingR. King King Fantasy Sports 09/10	#1	#6	-

Chris MeaneyC. Meaney FTN 09/09	#1	#5	-

Walter CherepinskyW. Cher... WalterFootball 09/01	#1	#5	-

Mike KruegerM. Krueger FFToday 09/09	#2	#7	-

Pierre CamusP. Camus RotoBaller 09/10	#1	#6	-

Geoff LambertG. Lambert Going For 2 09/13	#1	#4	-

John HestermanJ. Hest... Dynasty League Football 09/10	#1	#6	-

Matt HarmonM. Harmon Yahoo! Sports 09/08	#1	#5	-

Tim PetropoulosT. Petr... BRoto Fantasy 09/12	#1	#5	-

Benjamin KlotzB. Klotz Touchdown Squad 09/12	#2	#5	-

Zach GreubelZ. Greubel Gridiron Experts 09/11	#2	#4	-

Nicholas YouN. You The Undroppables 09/11	#1	#4	-

Chris RaybonC. Raybon The Action Network 09/13	#1	#5	-

Justin BooneJ. Boone theScore 09/10	#1	#5	-

Dariyan MayburyD. Maybury Fantasy Football Advice 09/10	#1	#5	-

The FFGhostT. FFGhost Dynasty League Football 09/10	#1	#5	-

Jonathan HaysJ. Hays Fantasy Foresight 09/10	#2	#61	-

Kevin ScottK. Scott The Intersecting 09/10	#1	#4	-

Adam MurfetA. Murfet 5 Yard Rush 09/10	#1	#5	-

John FergusonJ. Ferg... FantasyData 09/10	#1	#5	-

Blake FincherB. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe 09/09	#1	#5	-

Morgan ColbyM. Colby The Fantasy Champions 09/08	#2	#5	-

SmittyS. SleeperU 09/08	#1	#5	-

Brad EvansB. Evans FTN 09/07	#1	#5	-

Kevin RobertsK. Roberts Breaking Football 09/10	#1	#8	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	George Kittle TE - SF George Kittle TE - SF	Darren Waller TE - LV Darren Waller TE - LV
2020 Schedule
Week 1	vs. ARI	at CAR
Week 2	at NYJ	vs. NO
Week 3	at NYG	at NE
Week 4	vs. PHI	vs. BUF
Week 5	vs. MIA	at KC
Week 6	vs. LAR	BYE WEEK
Week 7	at NE	vs. TB
Week 8	at SEA	at CLE
Week 9	vs. GB	at LAC
Week 10	at NO	vs. DEN
Week 11	BYE WEEK	vs. KC
Week 12	at LAR	at ATL
Week 13	vs. BUF	at NYJ
Week 14	vs. WAS	vs. IND
Week 15	at DAL	vs. LAC
Week 16	at ARI	vs. MIA
Week 17	vs. SEA	at DEN

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	George Kittle TE - SF George Kittle TE - SF	Darren Waller TE - LV Darren Waller TE - LV
2020 Points
Week 1	5.3	4.5
Week 2	‐	16.5
Week 3	‐	0.9
Week 4	25.1	6.8
Week 5	4.4	10.8
Week 6	16.9	‐
Week 7	5.5	11.0
Week 8	3.9	2.7
Week 9	‐	8.2
Week 10	‐	3.7
Week 11	‐	14.8
Week 12	‐	2.3
Week 13	‐	32.0
Week 14	‐	7.5
Week 15	‐	21.0
Week 16	9.2	11.2
Week 17	6.8	17.7
Total	77.1	171.6
Average	9.6	10.7

Player Targets Comparison
	George Kittle TE - SF George Kittle TE - SF	Darren Waller TE - LV Darren Waller TE - LV
2020 Targets
Week 1	5	8
Week 2	‐	16
Week 3	‐	4
Week 4	15	11
Week 5	8	7
Week 6	10	‐
Week 7	7	9
Week 8	4	6
Week 9	‐	10
Week 10	‐	5
Week 11	‐	7
Week 12	‐	7
Week 13	‐	17
Week 14	‐	10
Week 15	‐	12
Week 16	5	6
Week 17	9	10

Notes for Player Combination
	George Kittle TE - SF George Kittle TE - SF vs. ARI, Sun 4pm EDT	Darren Waller TE - LV Darren Waller TE - LV at CAR, Sun 1pm EDT
Expert
Jacob Wayne Lineups	The Cardinals allowed the most fantasy points to tight ends last season and Kittle came down with a 6-catch, 79-yard, 1-touchdown game in his one contest against Arizona last year. The Cardinals did make some notable offseason signings on the defense, particularly in the linebacking corps where they hope rookie first-round pick Isaiah Simmons can fix their tight end defense woes. Still, Kittle is an elite talent at the position and should take advantage of this spot with a potential TE1 performance.	The Panthers actually had a top-five tight end defense last season, although they will be shuffling in a handful of new defensive starters today. Darren Waller is always a sure bet to be involved in the offense, but there's some potential that the Raiders can just move the ball on the ground with Josh Jacobs at will against a poor run defense. If that's the case, a lighter passing load could ensue for Derek Carr, but Waller is always a safe TE1.
Isaiah Sirois FantasyPros		With Tyrell Williams' injury, Darren Waller looks like a lock for a TE1-level target share. He had the third-most targets among all tight ends last year (more than both George Kittle and Mark Andrews), and I'm confident about playing him in redraft and DFS. While Bryan Edwards and Henry Ruggs may sap some of his usage over time, it's Week 1, and Derek Carr should throw to players he has played with in the past.
Mike Tagliere FantasyPros	What happens when you take one of the league's best tight ends, remove all the wide receivers around him due to injury, and then put him up against the league's worst defense against tight ends? We're going to find out in Week 1. The Cardinals were historically bad at defending tight ends last year. Seriously, they allowed league-highs in yards per target (9.02), catch-rate (75.4 percent), and targets per touchdown (8.1). That all amounts to 2.39 PPR points per target, while no other team in the league was over 2.04 points per target. They allowed nearly 70 more PPR points to tight ends than any other team. Am I driving my point home yet? There were 13 tight ends who finished top-10 against them. Ok, I'm done. To be fair, the Cardinals did draft one of my favorite defensive players in the draft when they snagged linebacker/safety hybrid Isaiah Simmons at No. 8 overall. He's going to help, that much is true. However, this is his first NFL game, with no preseason action. If you think it's that simple to stop Kittle, don't you think other teams would've gameplanned to do it? We talked to Jeff Fisher on the FantasyPros Football Podcast a few weeks ago and he told us tight ends are the hardest ones to gameplan against. Start him everywhere you can, including DFS.	There are a lot of questions surrounding the wide receivers and running backs in the Raiders' offense and how they'll be deployed, but Waller is the lone constant. The Panthers were the No. 4 defense against tight ends last year, but not because they were so good against them or anything. In fact, the 8.99 yards per target they allowed was the second-highest number in the league behind only the Cardinals. The reason they allowed so few of fantasy points was because tight ends were targeted just 83 times all season (5.2 times per game) against them. Waller had just two games last year with fewer than five targets, including 10 games with seven or more targets. The yardage should be there, and given the new defensive scheme with more than a handful of new starters, Waller should offer a very stable TE1 floor in this game. He can be considered in cash games if you need to save some money from the elite options.
Zachary Hanshew FantasyPros	Arizona was the most generous defense to opposing TEs in 2019, and the 49ers are dealing with a slew of injuries at WR. Cue George Kittle. The hyper-athletic target should see plenty of work in a juicy matchup, making him fantasy's TE for Week 1.	Las Vegas will start the year with Waller and a pair of rookies as the top pass-catching options for Derek Carr. While Henry Ruggs and Bryan Edwards are strong plays in their own right, it's entirely plausible to see Waller lead the team in targets this season. The Raiders get a comfortable matchup against Carolina in Week 1 that should be a boon for Waller's fantasy value.
Kyle Yates FantasyPros	With much of the 49ers receiving corps in question for this week's matchup, Kittle should be in line for a monstrous game. While the Cardinals do have an athletic rookie in Isaiah Simmons that can attempt to limit Kittle's impact, it's probably still going to work. Kittle is a solid bet to finish as the overall TE1 this week.
Derek Lofland FantasyPros	The Cardinals gave up 16.2 fantasy points per game to tight ends last season, which was 4.2 more fantasy points than the next closest team. Kittle should have a monster opener to the fantasy season.	The Panthers were 6th against fantasy tight ends last year, but Waller was one of the best fantasy tight ends in the league last year and the Panthers have over gone a lot of changes since last season. Waller should still be a TE1 in the opener.

Darren Waller or George Kittle

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