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Start Kendrick Bourne or Christian Kirk? Week 7

Updated Oct 24, 6:21 PM ET.

Start Kendrick Bourne over Christian Kirk

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Kendrick Bourne

WR · ARI · vs DEN

Market projects
8.2
fantasy pts
DEN D vs WR
29.3
7th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
40 of 100 at WR
Snap share
58%
Through Week 6
Target share
13%
Through Week 6
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Christian Kirk

WR · SF · at ATL

Market projects
6.7
fantasy pts
ATL D vs WR
37.0
6th most to WRs (2026)

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Our Week 7 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over Christian Kirk in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 8.2 points and Christian Kirk at 6.7, a gap of 1.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Christian Kirk, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Kirk is 27 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 11 market sources).

That puts Kendrick Bourne 1.6 points ahead of Christian Kirk on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kendrick Bourne and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 29.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Christian Kirk is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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

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