Start Ja'Kobi Lane or Darnell Mooney? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Darnell Mooney in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Ja'Kobi Lane at 4.8 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Ja'Kobi Lane, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 22 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Mooney is 18 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (12, 13 and 11 market sources).

That puts Ja'Kobi Lane 0.8 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Ja'Kobi Lane and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

Darnell Mooney and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 38.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 186 yards and a touchdown a game against HOU.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Kobi Lane is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane played 46 percent of BAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 1 against IND: 27 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 6 against CLE: 31 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Through Week 6, Darnell Mooney played 55 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: 28 of 77 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Darius Cooper over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.