Usage comparison · Tight ends

Colston Loveland vs George Kittle

George Kittle gets more of his team's passes (22% vs 19%) and more of the deep throws (21% of its air yards vs 17%). In total, though, Colston Loveland has more targets (42 vs 36). Colston Loveland has played 7 games and George Kittle 6 games. Near the end zone, they have had the same number of chances (10 plays within 20 yards), but George Kittle gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (15% vs 10%). George Kittle is scoring more fantasy points a game (15.0 vs 8.9, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 11.3 vs 10.6 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–7 · Updated Oct 23, 2026

TECHI

Colston Loveland

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 8.9
Expected points per gameEst.: 10.6

7 games with a target, carry or dropback

TESF

George Kittle

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 15.0
Expected points per gameEst.: 11.3

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 6. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

Colston Loveland and George Kittle, season usage side by side
Stat	Colston Loveland	George Kittle
Games	7	6
Passes thrown to him
Targets	42	36
Target share	19%	22%
Air-yards share	17%	21%
Catches	26	26
Receiving yards	244	337
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	10	10
Red-zone share	10%	15%
End-zone targets	4	4
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	2	5
Expected touchdownsEst.	2.7	3.2
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	8.9	15.0
Fantasy points (PPR)	62.4	89.7
Expected points per gameEst.	10.6	11.3
Points vs expectedEst.	−1.7	+3.6

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

Colston Loveland
George Kittle

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
Week	Colston Loveland	George Kittle
1	8%against CAR	15%against LA
2	10%against MIN	19%against MIA
3	12%against PHI	27%against ARI
4	29%against NYJ	21%against DEN
5	13%against GB	22%against SEA
6	21%against ATL	28%against WAS
7	40%against NE	— no game with a target, carry or dropback

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for Colston Loveland and George Kittle
Leaderboard	Colston Loveland	George Kittle
Target share leaders	#9of 47 tight ends	#4of 47 tight ends
Air-yards share leaders	#7of 47 tight ends	#4of 47 tight ends
Red-zone share leaders	#19of 35 tight ends	#4of 35 tight ends
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#2of 104 tight ends	#3of 104 tight ends
End-zone target leaders	#6of 104 tight ends	#8of 104 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#9of 104 tight ends	#6of 104 tight ends

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.