Should I start Kendrick Bourne or T.J. Hockenson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 1.5 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 has T.J. Hockenson at 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kendrick Bourne was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Kendrick Bourne is a wide receiver and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out on the injury report.