Start Darnell Mooney or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7
Updated Oct 19, 9:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor
- Market projects
- 4.2
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs WR
- 41.0
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 3.8
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs WR
- 36.0
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 60%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 6
Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Darnell Mooney?
Not on these numbers alone. Elic Ayomanor projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.0 a game over 10 games) and Darnell Mooney 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
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Our Week 7 call
Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.2 points and Elic Ayomanor at 3.8, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Darnell Mooney this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.4 and 4.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.8 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 7 player market is posted for Darnell Mooney yet. His market-based projections were 4.4 and 4.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
No Week 7 player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
That puts Darnell Mooney 0.4 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
Darnell Mooney and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
HOU allowed 41.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 193 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against HOU.
Elic Ayomanor and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.
By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a neck injury.
Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Darnell Mooney played 59 percent of NYG snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.
Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.
Darnell Mooney, Week 6 against NO: 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor played 60 percent of TEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.
Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.
Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.
Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.
He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.
He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.
He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Darnell Mooney?
Not on these numbers alone. Elic Ayomanor projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.0 a game over 10 games) and Darnell Mooney 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
Should I drop Darnell Mooney for Elic Ayomanor?
Not on these numbers alone. Darnell Mooney projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Elic Ayomanor 40 (4.0 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
Week 6 on the board
- Is Darnell Mooney playing Week 6?
- Is Elic Ayomanor playing Week 6?
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