Start Eli Raridon or Noah Fant? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Noah Fant over Eli Raridon in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Noah Fant at 4.0 points and Eli Raridon at 3.6, a gap of 0.4. 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 Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.7 and 3.6); 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 Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Noah Fant 0.4 points ahead of Eli Raridon 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.

Eli Raridon and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 7.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 41 yards and no touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Noah Fant has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon 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, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 2 against PIT: 11 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 30 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

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