Start Kyle Williams or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Williams over Elic Ayomanor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Williams at 4.2 points and Elic Ayomanor at 3.8, 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 Elic Ayomanor this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.8 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.2 fantasy points for Kyle Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 20 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (5, 5 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kyle Williams 0.4 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on these projections.

Injury status

Kyle Williams is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams played 27 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 3 against JAX: 22 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 34 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 4 against BUF: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 1 target and 1 catch for 12 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: 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Kyle Williams over Bo Melton.
• Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Kyle Williams over Cody White.
• Start Cody White over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darius Cooper over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor.