Is George Kittle playing this week?
No injury designationGeorge Kittle has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Denver Broncos.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:31 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Must start. Scored 26.2 points last game against a typical 12.4 (trending up).
Why we say must start
- Projected 14.1 points, #3 among TEs this week, inside the top 5 we call must-starts.
- Scored 26.2 points last game against a typical 12.4 (trending up).
- SF's offense is expected to score about 25 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 5.3 targets a game.
- Played 85% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 12.4 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- SF favored by 3
- Game total
- 47.5
- DEN vs TEs
- 5% more points
- Last game snaps
- 85%
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Age
32
Height
6'4"
Weight
250 lb
College
Iowa
Experience
9 seasons
Draft
2017 · Pick #146 (SF)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 85.4?
Kittle's grade is driven by how much expected points he created per target, which ranks 4th of 24 tight ends. After a rough week 1, he was excellent in weeks 2 and 3. This is a small sample of 16 targets over 3 games.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.650, 4th of 24 tight ends, lifted the grade a lot.
- Week 3 vs ARI: a 20-yard touchdown from Purdy on 2nd and 10 in Q4 (+4.6 expected points).
- Week 2 vs MIA: a 40-yard catch on 1st and 10 in Q3 (+2.6 expected points).
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 4. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.650
Success rate
69%
WPA (sum)
0.03
Opponent adj.
0.000
Plays graded
16
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | +2.0 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 5.6 | +1.3 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.