Start Tim Patrick or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Tim Patrick in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 3.9 points and Tim Patrick at 3.2, a gap of 0.7. 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 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (3.8, 3.8 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tim Patrick this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.4 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 3.8 and 4.0 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 0.1 touchdowns (3 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tim Patrick yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 4.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.7 points ahead of Tim Patrick on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Tim Patrick and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Tim Patrick is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Tim Patrick played 82 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tim Patrick, Week 5 against CLE: 65 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Tim Patrick, Week 6 against NE: 43 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 15 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.

In 2025, Tim Patrick played 16 games for JAX and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 133 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.
• Start Darius Cooper over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Tim Patrick over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Tim Patrick.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Tim Patrick.