Should I start Gavin Bartholomew or Jake Ferguson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gavin Bartholomew, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jake Ferguson, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Gavin Bartholomew is 1.9 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 Jake Ferguson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Gavin Bartholomew has been on the field for 31 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Gavin Bartholomew in the last completed season.

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jake Ferguson holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 31 percent.

This season Jake Ferguson holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Gavin Bartholomew is off in Week 6 and Jake Ferguson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.