Start Adam Trautman or Kylen Granson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Adam Trautman over Kylen Granson in Week 7.

Kylen Granson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Adam Trautman.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.1 fantasy points for Adam Trautman, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Adam Trautman is 1 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 0.4 fantasy points for Kylen Granson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kylen Granson is under 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Adam Trautman 0.7 points ahead of Kylen Granson on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Kylen Granson and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CLE.

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

Injury status

Adam Trautman is not on the injury report.

Kylen Granson is listed as out with a coach's decision injury.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 5, Kylen Granson played 5 percent of TEN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kylen Granson, Week 5 against HOU: 3 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Kylen Granson played 17 games for PHI and scored 11.0 PPR points, 0.6 a game, finishing TE91.

He caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 27 air yards.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kylen Granson, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 7.0 PPR points.

Kylen Granson, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 10 of 54 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Austin Hooper over Adam Trautman.
• Start Adam Trautman over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Austin Hooper over Kylen Granson.
• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Kylen Granson.
• Start David Martin-Robinson over Kylen Granson.