Start Cole Kmet or Noah Fant? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Noah Fant over Cole Kmet in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Noah Fant at 4.0 points and Cole Kmet at 3.2, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Noah Fant this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.4 and 3.7); 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 Noah Fant yet. His market-based projections were 4.4 and 3.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.0, 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 Noah Fant 0.8 points ahead of Cole Kmet on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Noah Fant and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 13.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 50 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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, Noah Fant has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Noah Fant played 50 percent of NO snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 2 against BAL: 30 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 3 against LV: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 6 against NYG: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 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 Noah Fant over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Noah Fant.
• Start Noah Fant over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.