Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Laquon Treadwell in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Laquon Treadwell is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 2 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

Dontayvion Wicks had 46 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 46 to 0.

Dontayvion Wicks had 332 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 332 to 0.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 76 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Dontayvion Wicks is off in Week 10 and Laquon Treadwell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.