Start Austin Hooper or Adam Trautman? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Austin Hooper over Adam Trautman in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Austin Hooper at 1.4 points and Adam Trautman at 1.3, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.4 fantasy points for Austin Hooper, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Austin Hooper is 4 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 9 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.3 fantasy points for Adam Trautman, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Adam Trautman is 3 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Austin Hooper 0.1 points ahead of Adam Trautman on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Austin Hooper and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 9.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

Adam Trautman and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Adam Trautman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Adam Trautman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Austin Hooper played 24 percent of ATL snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Hooper, Week 3 against GB: 16 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Austin Hooper, Week 4 against NO: 13 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 5 against BAL: 10 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 6 against CHI: 7 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 6, Adam Trautman played 49 percent of DEN snaps, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Adam Trautman, Week 3 against LAR: 27 of 67 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adam Trautman, Week 4 against SF: 30 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adam Trautman, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adam Trautman, Week 6 against SEA: 33 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Austin Hooper played 16 games for NE and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 177 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Adam Trautman played 17 games for DEN and scored 45.5 PPR points, 2.7 a game, finishing TE57.

He caught 20 of 23 targets for 195 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and 91 air yards.

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

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Adam Trautman over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Adam Trautman over Kylen Granson.