Start Xavier Hutchinson or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brycen Tremayne over Xavier Hutchinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brycen Tremayne at 5.4 points and Xavier Hutchinson 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 Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.6 and 3.8); 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 Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.6 and 3.8 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 Xavier Hutchinson on these projections.

Injury status

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

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, Xavier Hutchinson played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 51 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 6 against JAX: 34 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 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, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 282 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Cody White.
• Start Darius Cooper over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Xavier Hutchinson.