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Should I start Michael Wilson or Travis Kelce in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 7:16 PM ET.

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Start Michael Wilson: his market-based projection is 0.2 points a game ahead of Travis Kelce's this season.

Should I drop Michael Wilson for Travis Kelce?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Travis Kelce projects 135 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 11 games), Michael Wilson 112 (11.2 a game over 10 games). Travis Kelce is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR27 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
11.2 pts a game

TE7 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 2-3

Market-based projection
11.0 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference0.2 points a game
  • Board size315 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Michael Wilson's market-based projection is 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Travis Kelce's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

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 6, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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 Travis Kelce 11.4, 1.6 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 and Travis Kelce TE3, which are two different ladders.

Michael Wilson is a wide receiver and Travis Kelce a tight end, 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 Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Travis Kelce is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Michael Wilson for Travis Kelce?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Travis Kelce projects 135 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 11 games), Michael Wilson 112 (11.2 a game over 10 games). Travis Kelce is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Travis Kelce for Michael Wilson?

    No. Keep Travis Kelce: he projects 135 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 11 games), Michael Wilson 112 (11.2 a game over 10 games). Travis Kelce is listed questionable.

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