Start Brock Bowers or T.J. Hockenson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brock Bowers over T.J. Hockenson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 16.6 points and T.J. Hockenson at 9.8, a gap of 6.8. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and T.J. Hockenson at 224.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 71 receiving yards, 6-7 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.8 fantasy points for T.J. Hockenson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for T.J. Hockenson is 37 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7 and 12 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 6.8 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson on the market 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.

T.J. Hockenson and MIN host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 13.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 44 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, T.J. Hockenson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as questionable with a concussion injury.

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.

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson played 60 percent of MIN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 2 against CHI: 36 of 52 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 3 against TB: 50 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 4 against MIA: 65 of 78 snaps, 13 targets and 13 catches for 119 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 5 against NO: 2 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 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, T.J. Hockenson played 15 games for MIN and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 224 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Colston Loveland over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Dallas Goedert over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Dalton Schultz.