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Should I start Jalen Nailor or Brycen Tremayne in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 5:21 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · CAR · vs TB

Market projects
5.4
recent weeks avg
TB D vs WR
32.9
14th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
7 of 100 at WR
Snap share
49%
Through Week 6
Target share
5%
Through Week 6
Sit

WR · LV · vs LAR

Market projects
5.1
recent weeks avg
LAR D vs WR
26.9
4th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
17 of 100 at WR
Snap share
51%
Through Week 6
Target share
9%
Through Week 6
Start Tremayne or Nailor? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Brycen Tremayne: 68 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jalen Nailor's 46 percent of the snaps and 6 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.

WR69 · LV · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection
5.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
166

WR80 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection
3.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
179

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The gap

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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 Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brycen Tremayne, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Brycen Tremayne is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jalen Nailor's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 51 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Brycen Tremayne has been on the field for 49 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 2 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brycen Tremayne played 16 games and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.1 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Brycen Tremayne 1.9, 4.0 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Brycen Tremayne WR136.

Jalen Nailor had 35 more targets than Brycen Tremayne, 53 to 18.

Jalen Nailor had 284 more receiving yards than Brycen Tremayne, 444 to 160.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 49 percent.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Brycen Tremayne in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

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