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Start Ryan Flournoy or Christian Kirk? Week 7

Updated Oct 24, 7:26 PM ET.

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WR · DAL · at PHI

Market projects
8.2
fantasy pts
PHI D vs WR
38.3
3rd most to WRs (2026)
Upside
High
92 of 100 at WR
Snap share
74%
Through Week 6
Target share
15%
Through Week 6
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WR · SF · at ATL

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 Ryan Flournoy over Christian Kirk in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Ryan Flournoy at 8.2 points and Christian Kirk at 6.5, a gap of 1.7.

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).

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

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 34 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Ryan Flournoy 1.7 points ahead of Christian Kirk on the market 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.

Ryan Flournoy and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 38.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Ryan Flournoy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Kirk is not on the injury report.

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Ryan Flournoy played 74 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 3 against BAL: 49 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

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