Start Davis Allen or Austin Hooper? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Austin Hooper over Davis Allen in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Austin Hooper at 2.7 points and Davis Allen at 2.7, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Austin Hooper this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.6 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Davis Allen this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.2 and 2.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Austin Hooper yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 1.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Davis Allen yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 2.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Austin Hooper 0.1 points ahead of Davis Allen on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

SF allowed 8.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

Davis Allen and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Davis Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Austin Hooper played 26 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: 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 6, Davis Allen played 44 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 5 against BUF: 41 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 1 carry for 0 yards, 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, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

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

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Eli Raridon over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Eli Raridon over Davis Allen.
• Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins.