Start Brock Bowers or Harold Fannin? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brock Bowers over Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.5 points and Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.8, a gap of 7.8. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 17.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (16.4, 17.2 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.5, 9.8 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Harold Fannin Jr. at 73.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 16.4, 17.2 and 19.0 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 17.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0.6 touchdowns (8 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.5, 9.8 and 10.0 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 7.8 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 8.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 30 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 29 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Harold Fannin Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brock Bowers played 83 percent of LV snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Harold Fannin Jr..