Start Shawn Bowman or David Martin-Robinson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Shawn Bowman over David Martin-Robinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Shawn Bowman at 0.5 points and David Martin-Robinson at 0.3, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Shawn Bowman's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Shawn Bowman is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 0.5 fantasy points for Shawn Bowman, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Shawn Bowman is 1 receiving yards and under 0.1 touchdowns (3 and 7 market sources).

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 (12 market sources).

That puts Shawn Bowman 0.1 points ahead of David Martin-Robinson on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Shawn Bowman and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 13.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 55 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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.

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

Injury status

Shawn Bowman is not on the injury report.

David Martin-Robinson 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.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

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