Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Ja'Marr Chase? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Ja'Marr Chase in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.7 points and Ja'Marr Chase at 18.4, a gap of 2.3. No player market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown this week yet, so his 20.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (21.6 and 19.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Ja'Marr Chase this week yet, so his 18.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (18.4 and 18.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Amon-Ra St. Brown at ADP 7 and Ja'Marr Chase at 4.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown yet. His market-based projections were 21.6 and 19.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 20.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Ja'Marr Chase yet. His market-based projections were 18.4 and 18.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 18.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 2.3 points ahead of Ja'Marr Chase on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

GB allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 132 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against GB.

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Ja'Marr Chase has the softer matchup.

Injury status

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

Ja'Marr Chase 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 5, Ja'Marr Chase played 75 percent of CIN snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 2 against HOU: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 75 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 3 against PIT: 57 of 57 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 98 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 4 against JAX: 15 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 5 against MIA: 58 of 65 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 77 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, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 772 air yards.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Garrett Wilson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Davante Adams.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over DK Metcalf.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Drake London.