Start Kyle Williams or Darnell Mooney? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Kyle Williams in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.3 points and Kyle Williams at 4.3, a gap of 0.0. 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 4.3 fantasy points for Kyle Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 20 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Darnell Mooney 0.0 points ahead of Kyle Williams 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.

Kyle Williams and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

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

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Kyle Williams 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, Kyle Williams played 28 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 3 against JAX: 22 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 34 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 4 against BUF: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 25 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 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, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 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 Kyle Williams over Bo Melton.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Kyle Williams.
• Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley.