Start Darnell Mooney or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brycen Tremayne at 5.4 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.2, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (7.4 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Darnell Mooney this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.4 and 4.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne yet. His market-based projections were 7.4 and 3.4 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Darnell Mooney yet. His market-based projections were 4.4 and 4.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Brycen Tremayne 1.2 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brycen Tremayne and CAR host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TB.

Darnell Mooney and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 41.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 193 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against HOU.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a neck injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 4, Brycen Tremayne played 54 percent of CAR snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 1 against CHI: 12 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 2 against ATL: 11 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 3 against CLE: 62 of 77 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 4 against DET: 69 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 6, Darnell Mooney played 59 percent of NYG snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 6 against NO: 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brycen Tremayne played 16 games for CAR and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 102 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Efton Chism III.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor.