Start Darnell Washington or Noah Gray? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darnell Washington over Noah Gray in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darnell Washington at 5.9 points and Noah Gray at 3.6, a gap of 2.3. 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 Noah Gray this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (3.1 and 4.1); 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.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Noah Gray yet. His market-based projections were 3.1 and 4.1 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Noah Gray is 0.1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Darnell Washington 2.3 points ahead of Noah Gray on these projections.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Noah Gray is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington played 66 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: 56 of 79 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Noah Gray played 59 percent of KC snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 2 against IND: 40 of 80 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 3 against MIA: 33 of 52 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 4 against LV: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 6 against LAC: 39 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 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, Noah Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cade Otton over Darnell Washington.
• Start AJ Barner over Noah Gray.
• Start Noah Gray over Austin Hooper.
• Start Noah Gray over Cole Kmet.