Start Cole Kmet or Davis Allen? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cole Kmet at 3.2 points and Davis Allen at 2.7, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cole Kmet this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.1 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Davis Allen this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.2 and 2.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cole Kmet yet. His market-based projections were 3.1 and 3.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Davis Allen yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 2.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cole Kmet 0.5 points ahead of Davis Allen on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cole Kmet and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 9.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against NE.

Davis Allen and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LV.

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

Injury status

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 6 against ATL: 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Through Week 6, Davis Allen played 44 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 5 against BUF: 41 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Cole Kmet.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.
• Start Austin Hooper over Davis Allen.
• Start Eli Raridon over Davis Allen.
• Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins.