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2025 season · compare · tight ends

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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

72 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Dalton SchultzTE · Texans · graded
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George KittleTE · 49ers · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Dalton SchultzGeorge Kittle
Target shareof team targets
19%87th
21%92nd
Depth of targetair yards per target
6.258th
6.763rd
After the catchyards per reception
4.430th
4.433rd
Catch ratereceptions per target
77%76th
83%94th
EPA per target
+0.3569th
+0.6791st
First downsper target
37%53rd
55%94th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%74th
1%78th
Yards per game
45.785th
57.197th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's tight endsamong 72 tight ends
Dalton SchultzGeorge Kittle
DaltonThird-down guyStays outsideNo screens
GeorgeMotion manWins before the catch
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
5%57th
6%58th
Screensshare of his targets
1%20th
8%68th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
13%9th
25%50th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
48%44th
40%22nd
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
21%96th
11%68th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
16%75th
14%65th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
52%32nd
70%92nd
Play actiontargets off play action
19%20th
28%40th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Dalton Schultz
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George Kittle
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsReceiving EPA

George Kittle gets the most from the ball in the air (+25.4 EPA), Dalton Schultz gets the most after the catch (+38.8 EPA), and Dalton also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−21.5).

Dalton Schultz+36.7
George Kittle+46.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartDaltonGeorge
Air yardson catches+20.3+0.19 a target · 72nd+25.4+0.37 a target · 90th
After the catch+38.8+0.37 a target · 26th+31.5+0.46 a target · 44th
Incompletionstargets not caught−21.5−0.20 a target · 49th−10.5−0.15 a target · 78th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9–
Total+36.7106 targets+46.369 targets

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Dalton Schultz

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George Kittle

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · D.Schultz and G.KittleSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Dalton SchultzGeorge Kittle

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Dalton 4.3George 8

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Dalton 42.3George 77.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Dalton +0.52George +0.58

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Dalton 4.9George 6.1

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 38+ · dud under 5
D.Schultz
28Wk 129Wk 239Wk 330Wk 460Wk 56Wk 698Wk 724Wk 877Wk 953Wk 1051Wk 118Wk 1255Wk 1322Wk 1476Wk 1535Wk 1619Wk 1773Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
46 ± 24
G.Kittle
25Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 60Wk 743Wk 832Wk 984Wk 1067Wk 1178Wk 1267Wk 1314Wk 1488Wk 15115Wk 1617Wk 1729Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
57 ± 32

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (1057 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardD.SchultzG.Kittle
Points a game5.6TE199.5TE2
Season95.7TE13104.5TE11
Most weeks2.5–9.12.9–14.8
Booms · busts4 · 69+ · under 35 · 39+ · under 3
Half PPRD.SchultzG.Kittle
Points a game8.0TE1612.1TE2
Season136.7TE11133.0TE13
Most weeks3.8–11.75.4–18.9
Booms · busts4 · 412+ · under 45 · 112+ · under 4
PPRD.SchultzG.Kittle
Points a game10.5TE1414.7TE2
Season177.7TE10161.5TE13
Most weeks5.3–14.37.9–23.4
Booms · busts3 · 315+ · under 54 · 115+ · under 5

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekD.SchultzG.Kittle
Wk 12825
Wk 229·
Wk 339·
Wk 430·
Wk 560·
Wk 7980
Wk 82443
Wk 97732
Wk 105384
Wk 115167
Wk 12878
Wk 135567
Wk 1422·
Wk 157688
Wk 1635115
Wk 1719·
Wk 187329
Season777628

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonD.SchultzG.Kittle
Targets10669
Receptions8257
Yards777628
Touchdowns37
Target share19%10th21%6th
Depth of target6.231st6.727th
After the catch4.451st4.449th
Catch rate77%18th83%5th
EPA per target+0.3523rd+0.677th
First downs37%34th55%5th
Drop rate2%19th1%16th
Yards per game45.711th57.13rd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Dalton SchultzGeorge Kittle
255075
20172019202120232025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Dalton Schultz2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1114054,0662736.62021: 80847.5 a game45.7above his career rate
George Kittle2017 to 2025 · 9 seasons1245958,0085264.62018: 1,37786.1 a game57.1below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.