Start Christian Kirk or Jahan Dotson? Week 7
Updated Oct 24, 2:51 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Jahan Dotson over Christian Kirk

- Market projects
- 6.6
- fantasy pts
- SF D vs WR
- 29.9
- 10th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 70%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 6

- Market projects
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- ATL D vs WR
- 37.0
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 7 call
Start Jahan Dotson over Christian Kirk in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Jahan Dotson at 6.6 points and Christian Kirk at 6.5, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for Jahan Dotson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Jahan Dotson is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 12 market sources).
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).
That puts Jahan Dotson 0.1 points ahead of Christian Kirk on the market projections.
Week 7 matchups
Jahan Dotson and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
SF allowed 30.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Christian Kirk has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.
Christian Kirk is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson played 70 percent of ATL snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
Jahan Dotson, Week 3 against GB: 47 of 71 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.
Jahan Dotson, Week 4 against NO: 36 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.
Jahan Dotson, Week 5 against BAL: 42 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards.
Jahan Dotson, Week 6 against CHI: 47 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jahan Dotson played 17 games for PHI and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.
He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 212 air yards.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 7 on the board
- Is Christian Kirk playing Week 7?
- Is Jahan Dotson playing Week 7?
- 49ers depth chart
- Falcons depth chart
- Week 7 WR rankings
- Week 7 fantasy rankings
- Week 7 start or sit
- Week 7 waiver wire
- Week 7 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 7
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 7 kicker rankings
- Week 7 defense rankings