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Should I start Mike Evans or Rome Odunze in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 2:41 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start Rome Odunze over Mike Evans

Mike Evans is listed out, so Rome Odunze starts despite the lower projection.

Start

WR · CHI · vs NE

Market projects
10.3
fantasy pts
NE D vs WR
31.7
16th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
55 of 100 at WR
Snap share
83%
Through Week 6
Target share
17%
Through Week 6
Sit

WR · SF · at ATL · Out

Market projects
13.0
recent weeks avg
ATL D vs WR
37.0
6th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
55%
Through Week 6
Target share
23%
Through Week 6
Start Odunze or Evans? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Rome Odunze: 94 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mike Evans's 54 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets. 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 Mike Evans for Rome Odunze?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rome Odunze projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Rome Odunze over Mike Evans. Mike Evans is listed out.

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

WR5 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
16.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
11

WR16 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
10.4 pts a game

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The gap

  • Board size299 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 each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Mike Evans, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Rome Odunze's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Rome Odunze was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 1.6 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Rome Odunze WR41.

Rome Odunze had 29 more targets than Mike Evans, 90 to 61.

Rome Odunze had 293 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 661 to 368.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 55 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Mike Evans has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Mike Evans for Rome Odunze?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Rome Odunze projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Rome Odunze over Mike Evans. Mike Evans is listed out.

  • Should I drop Rome Odunze for Mike Evans?

    No. Keep Rome Odunze: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Rome Odunze over Mike Evans. Mike Evans is listed out.

Both players in full

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