Start Jalen Brooks or Darnell Mooney? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Jalen Brooks in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.3 points and Jalen Brooks at 4.1, a gap of 0.2. 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 4.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (4.4, 4.1 and 4.5); 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, 4.1 and 4.5 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 4.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Darnell Mooney is 0.1 touchdowns (10 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Jalen Brooks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Brooks is 18 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 8 and 9 market sources).

That puts Darnell Mooney 0.2 points ahead of Jalen Brooks on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Jalen Brooks and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 29.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Jalen Brooks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Jalen Brooks played 21 percent of ARI snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Brooks, Week 3 against SF: 4 of 87 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 4 against NYG: 3 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 6 against LAR: 38 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 30 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, Jalen Brooks played 6 games for ARI and scored 6.1 PPR points, 1.0 a game.

He caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 32 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Jalen Brooks over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Jalen Brooks over Cody White.
• Start Darius Cooper over Jalen Brooks.