Start Colston Loveland or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Colston Loveland over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Colston Loveland at 11.2 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 8.1, a gap of 3.1. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 8.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (10.4, 8.1 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Colston Loveland at ADP 71 and Kenyon Sadiq at 204.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 44 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 10.4, 8.1 and 5.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 8.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Colston Loveland 3.1 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq 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.

Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 76 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against MIA.

By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq 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.

Through Week 6, Kenyon Sadiq played 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 3 against DET: 38 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 105 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 4 against CHI: 22 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 5 against CLE: 13 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 6 against NE: 22 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Colston Loveland over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Cade Otton.