Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Davante Adams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over Davante Adams in Week 7.

Davante Adams is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Drafters take Jaxon Smith-Njigba at ADP 5 and Davante Adams at 42.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Davante Adams yet. His market-based projections were 14.1 and 14.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 14.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

Player markets imply 19.5 fantasy points for Jaxon Smith-Njigba, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 0.6 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Jaxon Smith-Njigba 5.3 points ahead of Davante Adams on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Davante Adams and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 32.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Davante Adams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Davante Adams is listed as out with a knee injury.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 6 against ARI: 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Through Week 6, Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 85 percent of SEA snaps, drew 35 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 3 against WAS: 58 of 67 snaps, 14 targets and 10 catches for 128 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 4 against LAC: 53 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 76 yards.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 5 against SF: 53 of 63 snaps, 1 carry for 16 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 102 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 6 against DEN: 78 of 85 snaps, 16 targets and 12 catches for 134 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games for SEA and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 1265 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Davante Adams.
• Start Carnell Tate over Davante Adams.
• Start Chris Olave over Davante Adams.
• Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over Amon-Ra St. Brown.
• Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over Chris Olave.