Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or DeVonta Smith? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over DeVonta Smith in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.4 points and DeVonta Smith at 16.2, a gap of 4.2. Drafters take Amon-Ra St. Brown at ADP 7 and DeVonta Smith at 34.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 20.4 fantasy points for Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Amon-Ra St. Brown is 80 receiving yards, 7-8 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.2 fantasy points for DeVonta Smith, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 71 receiving yards, 6-7 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (6, 5 and 12 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 4.2 points ahead of DeVonta Smith on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Amon-Ra St. Brown and DET host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 33.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 141 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against GB.

DeVonta Smith and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, DeVonta Smith has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Amon-Ra St. Brown is not on the injury report.

DeVonta Smith is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 88 percent of DET snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 2 against BUF: 62 of 65 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 142 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 3 against NYJ: 48 of 65 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 4 against CAR: 68 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 5 against ARI: 57 of 66 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith played 86 percent of PHI snaps, drew 33 percent of the targets, earned 49 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

DeVonta Smith, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

DeVonta Smith, Week 2 against TEN: 67 of 76 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 117 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeVonta Smith, Week 3 against CHI: 50 of 50 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards.

DeVonta Smith, Week 6 against CAR: 42 of 64 snaps, 14 targets and 7 catches for 75 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, DeVonta Smith played 17 games for PHI and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 715 air yards.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over A.J. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start DeVonta Smith over A.J. Brown.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over DeVonta Smith.