Should I start Charlie Kolar or David Njoku in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 285th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Njoku, and the board ranks him 287th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Charlie Kolar, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for David Njoku, 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 so far

Through Week 6, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, David Njoku has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 5 of 5 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 David Njoku played 12 games and scored 86.3 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing TE34.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 293 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Njoku scored 7.2 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 5.1 a game between them.

Charlie Kolar finished TE62 that year and David Njoku TE34.

David Njoku had 33 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 48 to 15.

David Njoku had 151 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 293 to 142.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 33 percent.

This season David Njoku holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

David Njoku is listed as ir on the injury report.