Start Ja'Kobi Lane or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Elic Ayomanor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Ja'Kobi Lane at 4.8 points and Elic Ayomanor at 3.9, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Ja'Kobi Lane, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 22 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (10, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Ja'Kobi Lane 0.9 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Ja'Kobi Lane and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

Elic Ayomanor and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 155 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Elic Ayomanor has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Kobi Lane is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane played 46 percent of BAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 1 against IND: 27 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 6 against CLE: 31 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor played 60 percent of TEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Darius Cooper over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.
• Start Darius Cooper over Elic Ayomanor.