Start Evan Engram or Cole Kmet? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Evan Engram over Cole Kmet in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Evan Engram at 5.3 points and Cole Kmet at 3.2, a gap of 2.1. No player market is posted for Evan Engram this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.1 and 5.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 5.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Evan Engram 2.1 points ahead of Cole Kmet on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Evan Engram and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 73 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Evan Engram played 57 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.
• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.