Start Bo Melton or Tez Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tez Johnson over Bo Melton in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tez Johnson at 2.8 points and Bo Melton at 0.9, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Tez Johnson this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Bo Melton this week yet, so his 0.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (0.9 and 0.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tez Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Bo Melton yet. His market-based projections were 0.9 and 0.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 0.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Bo Melton is 0.1 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Tez Johnson 1.9 points ahead of Bo Melton on these projections.

Injury status

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Bo Melton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tez Johnson played 34 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 3 against MIN: 16 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Bo Melton played 25 percent of GB snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Bo Melton, Week 2 against NYJ: 9 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bo Melton, Week 3 against ATL: 21 of 66 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bo Melton, Week 4 against TB: 11 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bo Melton, Week 5 against CHI: 30 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Bo Melton played 16 games for GB and scored 24.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR146.

He caught 4 of 13 targets for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 100 air yards.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Tez Johnson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tez Johnson.
• Start Germie Bernard over Tez Johnson.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Bo Melton.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Bo Melton.
• Start Kyle Williams over Bo Melton.