Start Dontayvion Wicks or Christian Watson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Christian Watson over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 15.1 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 8.5, a gap of 6.5. No player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.7, 9.1 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Christian Watson at ADP 58 and Dontayvion Wicks at 193.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 73 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (6, 7 and 8 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 9.1 and 6.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Christian Watson 6.5 points ahead of Dontayvion Wicks on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Christian Watson and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 41.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 195 yards and a touchdown a game against DET.

Dontayvion Wicks and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

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

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Christian Watson played 81 percent of GB snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian Watson, Week 3 against ATL: 53 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 96 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian Watson, Week 4 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Christian Watson, Week 5 against CHI: 49 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian Watson, Week 6 against DAL: 66 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 64 yards.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks played 79 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 6 against CAR: 40 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian Watson played 10 games for GB and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 493 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.
• Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Dontayvion Wicks.