Should I start Rome Odunze or Jaylin Noel in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Rome Odunze's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 83 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 2 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jaylin Noel was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 8.2 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 that year and Jaylin Noel WR91.

Rome Odunze had 55 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 90 to 35.

Rome Odunze had 369 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 661 to 292.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 46 percent.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Rome Odunze is off in Week 10 and Jaylin Noel in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jaylin Noel has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.