Start Evan Engram or Austin Hooper? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Evan Engram over Austin Hooper in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Evan Engram at 5.3 points and Austin Hooper at 2.7, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Evan Engram this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.1 and 5.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 5.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Evan Engram 2.5 points ahead of Austin Hooper on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Evan Engram and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 73 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Evan Engram played 57 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Cole Kmet.
• Start Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.
• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Austin Hooper over Davis Allen.