Start Noah Fant or Davis Allen? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Noah Fant over Davis Allen in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Noah Fant at 4.0 points and Davis Allen at 2.7, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Noah Fant this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.4 and 3.7); 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 Noah Fant yet. His market-based projections were 4.4 and 3.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.0, 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 Noah Fant 1.4 points ahead of Davis Allen on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Noah Fant and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 13.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 50 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Noah Fant played 50 percent of NO snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 2 against BAL: 30 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 3 against LV: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 6 against NYG: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

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

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 Noah Fant over Austin Hooper.
• Start Noah Fant over Cole Kmet.
• Start Darnell Washington over Noah Fant.
• Start Austin Hooper over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Eli Raridon over Davis Allen.