Start Kalif Raymond or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kalif Raymond over Brycen Tremayne in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 7.0 points and Brycen Tremayne at 5.4, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Kalif Raymond this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 7.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 Kalif Raymond yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 7.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Kalif Raymond 1.6 points ahead of Brycen Tremayne on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kalif Raymond and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against NE.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Kalif Raymond has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kalif Raymond played 62 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 6 against ATL: 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Kalif Raymond over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Kalif Raymond.
• Start Kalif Raymond over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.