Start Dameon Pierce or Najee Harris? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Najee Harris in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 7.1 points and Najee Harris at 4.9, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Najee Harris this week yet, so his 4.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.5 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Najee Harris yet. His market-based projections were 4.5 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dameon Pierce 2.2 points ahead of Najee Harris on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Dameon Pierce and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 118 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 21 more yards.

Najee Harris and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 17 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Najee Harris played 18 percent of NYG snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Najee Harris, Week 3 against TEN: 14 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 52 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 4 against ARI: 12 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 5 against WAS: 16 of 89 snaps, 5 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 6 against NO: 4 carries for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

In 2025, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Blake Corum over Najee Harris.
• Start Najee Harris over Brian Robinson.
• Start George Holani over Najee Harris.