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Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 4:21 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · PHI · vs DAL · Questionable

Market projects
8.5
recent weeks avg
DAL D vs WR
36.2
7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
35 of 100 at WR
Snap share
79%
Through Week 6
Target share
17%
Through Week 6
Sit

WR · ARI · vs DEN

Market projects
7.5
recent weeks avg
DEN D vs WR
29.3
7th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
44 of 100 at WR
Snap share
58%
Through Week 6
Target share
13%
Through Week 6
Start Wicks or Bourne? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Dontayvion Wicks: 79 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendrick Bourne's 56 percent of the snaps and 14 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.

WR59 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
7.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
138

WR61 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
144

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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 Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Dontayvion Wicks is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kendrick Bourne was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 0.3 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Kendrick Bourne had 7 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 53 to 46.

Kendrick Bourne had 219 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 551 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 58 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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