Start Jonnu Smith or Austin Hooper? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Austin Hooper over Jonnu Smith in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Austin Hooper at 2.7 points and Jonnu Smith at 2.5, a gap of 0.3. 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 Jonnu Smith this week yet, so his 2.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.1 and 2.8); 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 Jonnu Smith yet. His market-based projections were 2.1 and 2.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Austin Hooper 0.3 points ahead of Jonnu Smith 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.

Jonnu Smith and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 109 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

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

Injury status

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Jonnu Smith 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 5, Jonnu Smith played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonnu Smith, Week 2 against NYJ: 13 of 59 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 3 against ATL: 22 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 4 against TB: 13 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 5 against CHI: 21 of 61 snaps, 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, Jonnu Smith played 17 games for PIT and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 43 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 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 Austin Hooper over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Jonnu Smith.
• Start Davis Allen over Jonnu Smith.
• Start Eli Raridon over Jonnu Smith.