Start Cole Kmet or Jonnu Smith? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cole Kmet over Jonnu Smith in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cole Kmet at 3.2 points and Jonnu Smith at 2.5, a gap of 0.7. 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 Jonnu Smith this week yet, so his 2.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.1 and 2.8); 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 Jonnu Smith yet. His market-based projections were 2.1 and 2.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cole Kmet 0.7 points ahead of Jonnu Smith 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.

Jonnu Smith and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 109 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Jonnu Smith has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Jonnu Smith 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 5, Jonnu Smith played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonnu Smith, Week 2 against NYJ: 13 of 59 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 3 against ATL: 22 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 4 against TB: 13 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 5 against CHI: 21 of 61 snaps, 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, Jonnu Smith played 17 games for PIT and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 43 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 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 Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Austin Hooper over Jonnu Smith.
• Start Davis Allen over Jonnu Smith.
• Start Eli Raridon over Jonnu Smith.