Start Rome Odunze or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 7

Updated Oct 20, 2:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Rome Odunze over Deebo Samuel Sr.

Start

Rome Odunze

WR · CHI · vs NE

Market projects: 10.2; fantasy pts
NE D vs WR: 31.4; 16th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 81%; Through Week 6
Target share: 17%; Through Week 6

Sit

Deebo Samuel Sr.

WR · SF · at ATL · Out

Market projects: 9.2; recent weeks avg
ATL D vs WR: 37.7; 6th most to WRs (2026)

Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for Rome Odunze?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rome Odunze projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (2.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Rome Odunze over Deebo Samuel Sr. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Rome Odunze 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 Rome Odunze. Drafters take Rome Odunze at ADP 54 and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 118.

What the market projects

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.

Player markets imply 10.2 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rome Odunze is 46 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Rome Odunze 1.1 points ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Rome Odunze and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against NE.

By points allowed to the position, Deebo Samuel Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out with a hamstring injury.

Rome Odunze is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Rome Odunze played 81 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 3 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 5 against GB: 68 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 6 against ATL: 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for Rome Odunze?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rome Odunze projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (2.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Rome Odunze over Deebo Samuel Sr. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.
Should I drop Rome Odunze for Deebo Samuel Sr.?
No. Keep Rome Odunze: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.2 a game over 10 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (2.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Rome Odunze over Deebo Samuel Sr. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.