Start Austin Hooper or Kylen Granson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Austin Hooper over Kylen Granson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Austin Hooper at 1.5 points and Kylen Granson at 0.5, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.5 fantasy points for Austin Hooper, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Austin Hooper is 5 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 0.5 fantasy points for Kylen Granson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kylen Granson is under 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Austin Hooper 1.0 points ahead of Kylen Granson on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

SF allowed 9.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

Kylen Granson and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Kylen Granson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Kylen Granson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Austin Hooper played 24 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: 7 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 5, Kylen Granson played 5 percent of TEN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kylen Granson, Week 5 against HOU: 3 of 63 snaps, 1 target 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, Kylen Granson played 17 games for PHI and scored 11.0 PPR points, 0.6 a game, finishing TE91.

He caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 27 air yards.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kylen Granson, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 7.0 PPR points.

Kylen Granson, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 10 of 54 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Kylen Granson.
• Start Kylen Granson over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Johnny Mundt over Kylen Granson.