Start Colston Loveland or Harold Fannin? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Colston Loveland over Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Colston Loveland at 11.4 points and Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.8, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.5, 9.8 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Colston Loveland at ADP 71 and Harold Fannin Jr. at 73.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 45 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.5, 9.8 and 10.0 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Colston Loveland 1.6 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against NE.

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 29 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Harold Fannin Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Colston Loveland played 86 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 5 against GB: 55 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 6 against ATL: 68 of 77 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Colston Loveland over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Harold Fannin Jr..
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Cade Otton.