Start Davis Allen or Jonnu Smith? Week 7
Updated Oct 19, 2:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Davis Allen over Jonnu Smith

- Market projects
- 2.7
- recent weeks avg
- LV D vs TE
- 18.9
- 6th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 44%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 6

- Market projects
- 2.5
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs TE
- 31.9
- most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 32%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 7 call
Start Davis Allen over Jonnu Smith in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Davis Allen at 2.7 points and Jonnu Smith at 2.5, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Jonnu Smith this week yet, so his 2.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.1 and 2.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
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.
No Week 7 player market is posted for Jonnu Smith yet. His market-based projections were 2.1 and 2.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
That puts Davis Allen 0.2 points ahead of Jonnu Smith on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
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.
Jonnu Smith and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
DET allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 109 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against DET.
By points allowed to the position, Jonnu Smith has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Davis Allen is not on the injury report.
Jonnu Smith is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
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.
Through Week 5, Jonnu Smith played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
Jonnu Smith, Week 2 against NYJ: 13 of 59 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Jonnu Smith, Week 3 against ATL: 22 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.
Jonnu Smith, Week 4 against TB: 13 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.
Jonnu Smith, Week 5 against CHI: 21 of 61 snaps, 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.
In 2025, Jonnu Smith played 17 games for PIT and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.
He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 43 air yards.
He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
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