Should I start Austin Hooper or David Martin-Robinson in Week 7?
Updated Oct 26, 4:51 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Austin Hooper over David Martin-Robinson
Right: 4.1 to 0.0
- Market projected
- 1.4
- pre-game
- SF D vs TE
- 9.3
- 4th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 24%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 6
- Scored
- 4.1
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 0.3
- pre-game
- CLE D vs TE
- 14.8
- 13th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 6%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 6
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Start Austin Hooper: 17 percent of the snaps and 2 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against David Martin-Robinson's 4 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE45 · ATL · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 1.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 219
TE47 · TEN · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 0.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 226
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The gap
- Board size336 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Austin Hooper, and the board ranks him 219th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on David Martin-Robinson, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Austin Hooper, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for David Martin-Robinson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Austin Hooper has been on the field for 24 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.
His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against BAL he was not given the ball.
In Week 6 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.
Through Week 6, David Martin-Robinson has been on the field for 6 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.
In Week 3 against NYG he was not given the ball.
In Week 4 against BAL he was not given the ball.
In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Austin Hooper played 16 games and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.
He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.
That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 David Martin-Robinson played 17 games and scored 13.0 PPR points, 0.8 a game, finishing TE85.
He caught 4 of 6 targets for 30 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 11 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
David Martin-Robinson was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Austin Hooper scored 3.7 PPR points a game and David Martin-Robinson 0.8, 2.9 a game between them.
Austin Hooper finished TE47 that year and David Martin-Robinson TE85.
Austin Hooper had 20 more targets than David Martin-Robinson, 26 to 6.
Austin Hooper had 233 more receiving yards than David Martin-Robinson, 263 to 30.
This season Austin Hooper holds the bigger snap share, 24 percent against 6 percent.
This season Austin Hooper holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 0 percent.
Both players in full
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