Start Christian Kirk or Isaiah Williams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Christian Kirk over Isaiah Williams in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Christian Kirk at 6.5 points and Isaiah Williams at 5.9, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Isaiah Williams this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.8 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Christian Kirk, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Kirk is 25 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Isaiah Williams yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Williams is 0.1 touchdowns (11 market sources).

That puts Christian Kirk 0.6 points ahead of Isaiah Williams on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Christian Kirk 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.

Isaiah Williams and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

By points allowed to the position, Christian Kirk has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Kirk is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Isaiah Williams played 65 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Williams, Week 3 against DET: 59 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 21 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 73 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Williams, Week 5 against CLE: 43 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 6 against NE: 9 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian Kirk played 13 games for HOU and scored 57.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR100.

He caught 28 of 52 targets for 239 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 124 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Christian Kirk, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards, 0.7 PPR points.

Christian Kirk, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 29 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 1 yards, 2.1 PPR points.

Christian Kirk, Week 16 of 2025 against LV: 40 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards, 6.7 PPR points.

In 2025, Isaiah Williams played 15 games for NYJ and scored 58.7 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing WR98.

He caught 26 of 36 targets for 193 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 74 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Christian Kirk.
• Start Christian Kirk over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Christian Kirk over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Isaiah Williams.
• Start Isaiah Williams over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Isaiah Williams.