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News: 20 hours agoKittle corralled eight of nine targets for 106 yards in Sunday's 29-17 loss to the Dolphins.

Spin: Kittle led the 49ers in receiving Sunday en route to his third game with 100 or more receiving yards this season. The star tight end brought his season line up to 68-967-8 in 13 starts, putting him just 33 yards shy of his fourth career 1,000-yard campaign. Kittle has a great shot at reaching that achievement in Week 17 when the 49ers host the Lions for Monday Night Football.

ESPN Fantasy Projection: Despite experiencing a dip in overall efficiency, Kittle buoyed his fantasy stock by scoring 11 TDs in 2022. A regression was, therefore, anticipated heading into 2023. Kittle's TDs did, in fact, decline (with three of his six scores occurring in Week 5), but the 30-year-old still posted a top-five positional fantasy finish, recording a career high in yards per target (11.3) and yards per reception (15.7), both best among TEs. While Kittle was second on the team in targets (behind Brandon Aiyuk), his week-to-week volume fluctuated, presenting a frustrating conundrum for fantasy managers. Kittle's do-it-all skill set combined with the depth of pass-catchers in the 49ers' offense figures to lead to boom-or-bust play again in 2024.