Start David Martin-Robinson or Mo Alie-Cox? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mo Alie-Cox over David Martin-Robinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mo Alie-Cox at 1.4 points and David Martin-Robinson at 0.3, 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 Mo Alie-Cox this week yet, so his 1.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.3 and 1.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 0.3 fantasy points for David Martin-Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for David Martin-Robinson is under 0.1 touchdowns (9 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Mo Alie-Cox yet. His market-based projections were 1.3 and 1.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 1.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Mo Alie-Cox is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Mo Alie-Cox 1.1 points ahead of David Martin-Robinson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

David Martin-Robinson and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Mo Alie-Cox and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 7.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 44 yards and no touchdowns a game against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, David Martin-Robinson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

David Martin-Robinson is not on the injury report.

Mo Alie-Cox is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, David Martin-Robinson played 6 percent of TEN snaps, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

David Martin-Robinson, Week 2 against PHI: 7 of 53 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

David Martin-Robinson, Week 3 against NYG: 2 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

David Martin-Robinson, Week 4 against BAL: 1 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

David Martin-Robinson, Week 6 against IND: 4 of 46 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Mo Alie-Cox played 39 percent of IND snaps, drew 2 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 3 against HOU: 27 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 4 against WAS: 31 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 5 against PIT: 30 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 6 against TEN: 31 of 83 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, David Martin-Robinson played 17 games for TEN and scored 13.0 PPR points, 0.8 a game, finishing TE85.

He caught 4 of 6 targets for 30 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and 14 air yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Mo Alie-Cox played 17 games for IND and scored 30.7 PPR points, 1.8 a game, finishing TE66.

He caught 13 of 20 targets for 117 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 40 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Kylen Granson over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Shawn Bowman over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Mo Alie-Cox over Kylen Granson.