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Should I start Michael Wilson or Ollie Gordon in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 1:26 PM ET.

Start Michael Wilson: 90 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ollie Gordon's 71 percent of the snaps and 53 percent of the carries. 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.

Should I drop Michael Wilson for Ollie Gordon?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Ollie Gordon projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 11 games), Michael Wilson 24 (2.4 a game over 10 games). Ollie Gordon is listed questionable.

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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.

WR45 · ARI · bye 14

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Market-based projection
13.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
111

RB38 · MIA · bye 6

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Overall rank
112

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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 Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 2.4 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 Ollie Gordon is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 9.8 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 and Ollie Gordon RB68, which are two different ladders.

Michael Wilson is a wide receiver and Ollie Gordon a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Ollie Gordon in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ollie Gordon is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Michael Wilson for Ollie Gordon?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Ollie Gordon projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 11 games), Michael Wilson 24 (2.4 a game over 10 games). Ollie Gordon is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Ollie Gordon for Michael Wilson?

    No. Keep Ollie Gordon: he projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 11 games), Michael Wilson 24 (2.4 a game over 10 games). Ollie Gordon is listed questionable.

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