Start Tim Patrick or Darnell Mooney? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Tim Patrick in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.3 points and Tim Patrick at 3.2, a gap of 1.1. 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. No player market is posted for Tim Patrick this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.4 and 4.0); 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.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tim Patrick yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 4.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Darnell Mooney 1.1 points ahead of Tim Patrick 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.

Tim Patrick and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a neck injury.

Tim Patrick 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, Tim Patrick played 82 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tim Patrick, Week 5 against CLE: 65 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Tim Patrick, Week 6 against NE: 43 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 15 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, Tim Patrick played 16 games for JAX and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 133 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Darius Cooper over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Tim Patrick over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Tim Patrick.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tim Patrick.