Start CJ Donaldson or Isaiah Davis? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Isaiah Davis over CJ Donaldson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Davis at 3.5 points and CJ Donaldson at 3.1, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. CJ Donaldson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (5.5, 2.9 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 5.6, 2.9 and 1.9 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Davis is 0.1 touchdowns (9 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.1 fantasy points for CJ Donaldson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 11 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (6 and 13 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Davis 0.4 points ahead of CJ Donaldson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

MIA allowed 26.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 101 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 39 more yards.

CJ Donaldson and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 35 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Davis has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Isaiah Davis played 12 percent of NYJ snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 4 against CHI: 2 of 32 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Through Week 6, CJ Donaldson played 28 percent of NO snaps, took 11 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

CJ Donaldson, Week 3 against LV: 12 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 4 against ATL: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 5 against MIN: 19 of 45 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 6 against NYG: 24 of 72 snaps, 6 carries for 39 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brian Robinson over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Corey Kiner.
• Start Devin Singletary over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Devin Singletary over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Jaylen Wright over CJ Donaldson.