Start Tez Johnson or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tez Johnson over Brycen Tremayne in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tez Johnson at 6.4 points and Brycen Tremayne at 5.4, a gap of 1.0. 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

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Tez Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tez Johnson is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 9 and 11 market sources).

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).

That puts Tez Johnson 1.0 points ahead of Brycen Tremayne on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tez Johnson and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 29.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 148 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Brycen Tremayne has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tez Johnson played 34 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 3 against MIN: 16 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 25 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tez Johnson over Bo Melton.
• Start Tez Johnson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Tez Johnson over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.