Start Jalen Brooks or Cody White? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jalen Brooks over Cody White in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jalen Brooks at 4.1 points and Cody White at 3.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (3.0, 5.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Jalen Brooks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Brooks is 18 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 8 and 9 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 3.0, 5.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Cody White is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Jalen Brooks 0.2 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jalen Brooks 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.

Cody White and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 27.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 104 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

By points allowed to the position, Jalen Brooks has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Brooks is not on the injury report.

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jalen Brooks played 21 percent of ARI snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Brooks, Week 3 against SF: 4 of 87 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 4 against NYG: 3 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 6 against LAR: 38 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards.

Through Week 6, Cody White played 33 percent of LV snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 3 against NO: 15 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Brooks played 6 games for ARI and scored 6.1 PPR points, 1.0 a game.

He caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 32 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Jalen Brooks over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darius Cooper over Jalen Brooks.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Jalen Brooks.
• Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.