Start Tucker Kraft or Brock Bowers? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brock Bowers over Tucker Kraft in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.5 points and Tucker Kraft at 11.3, a gap of 6.2. 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. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Tucker Kraft at 104.

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).

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Tucker Kraft, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tucker Kraft is 44 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 6.2 points ahead of Tucker Kraft 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.

Tucker Kraft 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, Tucker Kraft has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Tucker Kraft 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.

Through Week 6, Tucker Kraft played 80 percent of GB snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Tucker Kraft, Week 3 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 4 against TB: 55 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tucker Kraft, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 6 against DAL: 58 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 37 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, Tucker Kraft played 8 games for GB and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 145 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 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 Tucker Kraft over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft.
• Start Tucker Kraft over Dallas Goedert.