Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Tre Tucker in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The market-based projection for Tre Tucker is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

T.J. Hockenson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tre Tucker scored 9.5 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 2.0 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 and Tre Tucker WR38, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6 and Tre Tucker in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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