Start Jordan Watkins or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brycen Tremayne over Jordan Watkins in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brycen Tremayne at 5.4 points and Jordan Watkins at 5.0, a gap of 0.3. 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.

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.

The market-based projection for Brycen Tremayne is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.0 fantasy points for Jordan Watkins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 23 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Brycen Tremayne 0.3 points ahead of Jordan Watkins on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

TB allowed 32.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 146 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TB.

Jordan Watkins and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 180 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brycen Tremayne played 49 percent of CAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 6 against PHI: 25 of 79 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Jordan Watkins played 45 percent of SF snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 3 against ARI: 15 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 60 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 4 against DEN: 25 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 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, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darius Cooper.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Jordan Watkins.