Start Drew Sample or Foster Moreau? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Drew Sample over Foster Moreau in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Drew Sample at 2.2 points and Foster Moreau at 1.6, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Drew Sample this week yet, so his 2.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.7 and 1.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Foster Moreau this week yet, so his 1.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.6 and 1.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Drew Sample yet. His market-based projections were 2.7 and 1.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Foster Moreau yet. His market-based projections were 1.6 and 1.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 1.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Drew Sample 0.6 points ahead of Foster Moreau on these projections.

Injury status

Drew Sample is not on the injury report.

Foster Moreau is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Drew Sample played 50 percent of CIN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Drew Sample, Week 2 against HOU: 36 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 3 against PIT: 29 of 57 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 0 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 4 against JAX: 20 of 76 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 5 against MIA: 34 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Through Week 6, Foster Moreau played 44 percent of HOU snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Foster Moreau, Week 3 against IND: 31 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Foster Moreau, Week 4 against DAL: 20 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 5 against TEN: 26 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 6 against JAX: 39 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drew Sample played 17 games for CIN and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and -3 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Foster Moreau played 11 games for NO and scored 12.9 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing TE86.

He caught 7 of 10 targets for 59 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 15 air yards.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Drew Sample over Daniel Bellinger.
• Start Davis Allen over Drew Sample.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Drew Sample.
• Start Jonnu Smith over Foster Moreau.
• Start Foster Moreau over Theo Johnson.