Start Eli Raridon or Davis Allen? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Eli Raridon over Davis Allen in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Eli Raridon at 3.6 points and Davis Allen at 2.7, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.7 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Davis Allen this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.2 and 2.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Davis Allen yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 2.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Eli Raridon 1.0 points ahead of Davis Allen on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Eli Raridon and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 7.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 41 yards and no touchdowns a game against CHI.

Davis Allen and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Davis Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 2 against PIT: 11 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 30 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Through Week 6, Davis Allen played 44 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 5 against BUF: 41 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Eli Raridon over Austin Hooper.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.
• Start Darnell Washington over Eli Raridon.
• Start Austin Hooper over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins.