Start Dontayvion Wicks or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 7
Updated Oct 20, 3:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Dontayvion Wicks over Deebo Samuel Sr.
- Market projects
- 9.4
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 35.5
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 82%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 9.2
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs WR
- 37.7
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 7 call
Start Dontayvion Wicks over Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 7.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Dontayvion Wicks. Drafters take Dontayvion Wicks at ADP 193 and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 118.
What the market projects
No Week 7 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.7 and 9.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
No Week 7 player market is posted for Deebo Samuel Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.3 and 9.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
That puts Dontayvion Wicks 0.2 points ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. on these projections.
Week 7 matchups
Dontayvion Wicks and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.
Deebo Samuel Sr. and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ATL.
By points allowed to the position, Deebo Samuel Sr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out with a hamstring injury.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks played 82 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.
Dontayvion Wicks, Week 6 against CAR: 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.
He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.
He was on the field for 47 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.
Week 7 on the board
- Is Dontayvion Wicks playing Week 7?
- Is Deebo Samuel Sr. playing Week 7?
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