Who Should I Start? Amari Cooper or George Kittle

Friday, January 10, 4:15 PM

Buffalo Bills Amari Cooper (back) remains a part-time player in this offense. Since he arrived in Buffalo midseason, his highest snap share is 54%. He's been below 50% in half of his games. That leads to dreadful stat lines like one catch for 10 yards in Week 16 and the goose egg in Week 15. The veteran almost exclusively lines up outside, where he could see a lot of star Denver cornerback Pat Surtain II. At least the back issue landing him on the injury report isn't a big deal. He's fully practiced this week and doesn't have an injury designation heading into the Wild Card matchup.

Sunday, January 5, 11:54 PM

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (ankle, hamstring) was outproduced by his backup Eric Saubert during the team's 47-24 loss to the Cardinals in Arizona. Kittle caught two of three targets for 27 yards. The affable team captain was questionable and ultimately activated but had his snap count reduced in the meaningless game. Most likely, the 49ers organization was showing appreciation to Kittle by giving him the start since he has a $500,000 per-game roster bonus in his contract. Kittle finishes an excellent season as the overall half-PPR TE2, behind only Las Vegas Raiders rookie Brock Bowers and just ahead of Arizona's Trey McBride. He amassed 78 receptions, 1,106 yards, and eight touchdowns in 2024. He was hyper-efficient this year, setting career marks in catch percentage and yards per target. Kittle will enter his age-32 season in 2025 once again as a fantasy TE1 with San Francisco.