Should I drop Darnell Washington for Evan Engram?

Not on these numbers alone. Darnell Washington projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 10 games) and Evan Engram 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.

Start Darnell Washington or Evan Engram? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 3:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.

Start Darnell Washington over Evan Engram

Start

Darnell Washington

TE · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 5.9; recent weeks avg
NO D vs TE: 16.7; 7th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 65%; Through Week 6
Target share: 10%; Through Week 6

Sit

Evan Engram

TE · DEN · at ARI

Market projects: 5.3; recent weeks avg
ARI D vs TE: 19.3; 5th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 57%; Through Week 6
Target share: 11%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Evan Engram for Darnell Washington?

Not on these numbers alone. Evan Engram projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.6 a game over 10 games) and Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Darnell Washington over Evan Engram in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darnell Washington at 5.9 points and Evan Engram at 5.3, a gap of 0.6. 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 Washington this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.6 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Evan Engram this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.1 and 5.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Darnell Washington yet. His market-based projections were 5.6 and 6.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 5.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Darnell Washington 0.6 points ahead of Evan Engram on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Darnell Washington and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NO.

Evan Engram and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 73 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 3 against CIN: 47 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 67 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 4 against CLE: 51 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Evan Engram played 57 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 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 Evan Engram for Darnell Washington?
Not on these numbers alone. Evan Engram projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.6 a game over 10 games) and Darnell Washington 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.
Should I drop Darnell Washington for Evan Engram?
Not on these numbers alone. Darnell Washington projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 10 games) and Evan Engram 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.