Start AJ Barner or Noah Gray? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start AJ Barner over Noah Gray in Week 7.

Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 6.8 points and Noah Gray at 3.6, a gap of 3.2. No player market is posted for Noah Gray this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (3.1 and 4.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.8 fantasy points for AJ Barner, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for AJ Barner is 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7 and 8 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Noah Gray yet. His market-based projections were 3.1 and 4.1 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Noah Gray is 0.1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts AJ Barner 3.2 points ahead of Noah Gray on these projections.

Injury status

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Noah Gray is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, AJ Barner played 90 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Barner, Week 3 against WAS: 61 of 67 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 4 against LAC: 54 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 5 against SF: 60 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 6 against DEN: 79 of 85 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Through Week 6, Noah Gray played 59 percent of KC snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 2 against IND: 40 of 80 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 3 against MIA: 33 of 52 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 4 against LV: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 6 against LAC: 39 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Barner played 17 games for SEA and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 248 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Noah Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Noah Gray over Austin Hooper.
• Start Noah Gray over Cole Kmet.
• Start Darnell Washington over Noah Gray.