Should I start Evan Engram or Mike Gesicki in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Evan Engram, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Evan Engram is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Mike Gesicki is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Evan Engram has been on the field for 57 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 46 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Evan Engram was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Evan Engram scored 6.4 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 1.0 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and Mike Gesicki TE41.

Evan Engram had 34 more targets than Mike Gesicki, 76 to 42.

Evan Engram had 154 more receiving yards than Mike Gesicki, 461 to 307.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 46 percent.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Evan Engram is off in Week 10 and Mike Gesicki in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.