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Should I start Jahan Dotson or Laquon Treadwell in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:11 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

WR · IND · at MIN

Market projects
4.7
recent weeks avg
MIN D vs WR
27.1
5th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
15 of 100 at WR
Snap share
76%
Through Week 6
Target share
12%
Through Week 6

WR · ATL · vs SF

Market projects
4.3
recent weeks avg
SF D vs WR
29.9
10th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
51 of 100 at WR
Snap share
70%
Through Week 6
Target share
14%
Through Week 6
Start Treadwell or Dotson? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Laquon Treadwell: 86 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jahan Dotson's 71 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.

WR22 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
5.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
55

WR74 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
6.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
169

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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 Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jahan Dotson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Laquon Treadwell is 0.7 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.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Jahan Dotson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

Jahan Dotson had 36 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 36 to 0.

Jahan Dotson had 262 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 262 to 0.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 70 percent.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Jahan Dotson is off in Week 11 and Laquon Treadwell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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