Should I start Dallas Goedert or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.5 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 65 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 46 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Dallas Goedert is a tight end and Ja'Kobi Lane a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dallas Goedert is off in Week 10 and Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.