Start Davis Allen or Daniel Bellinger? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Davis Allen over Daniel Bellinger in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Davis Allen at 2.2 points and Daniel Bellinger at 2.2, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Daniel Bellinger's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Daniel Bellinger, with 60 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Bellinger is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Davis Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Davis Allen is 9 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (4, 4 and 12 market sources).

That puts Davis Allen 0.0 points ahead of Daniel Bellinger on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Daniel Bellinger and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Davis Allen and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 17.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Davis Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Daniel Bellinger is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Daniel Bellinger played 43 percent of TEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 3 against NYG: 24 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 4 against BAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 5 against HOU: 28 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 6 against IND: 22 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Davis Allen played 42 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 5 against BUF: 41 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 18 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Bellinger played 16 games for NYG and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Daniel Bellinger over Austin Hooper.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Drew Sample.
• Start Foster Moreau over Daniel Bellinger.
• Start Davis Allen over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Davis Allen over Drew Sample.