Should I start Jaylin Noel or Kenyon Sadiq in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 1.4 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 Kenyon Sadiq is 1.7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Jaylin Noel is a wide receiver and Kenyon Sadiq a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jaylin Noel is off in Week 8 and Kenyon Sadiq in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.