Start Evan Engram or Mike Gesicki? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mike Gesicki over Evan Engram in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mike Gesicki at 6.8 points and Evan Engram at 5.4, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Mike Gesicki this week yet, so his 6.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.7 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Evan Engram this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (5.1, 5.4 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Mike Gesicki yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Mike Gesicki is 0.2 touchdowns (5 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.1, 5.4 and 5.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Mike Gesicki 1.4 points ahead of Evan Engram on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Mike Gesicki and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Evan Engram and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Mike Gesicki is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Mike Gesicki played 46 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Mike Gesicki, Week 2 against HOU: 21 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Mike Gesicki, Week 3 against PIT: 29 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 4 against JAX: 47 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 5 against MIA: 29 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Evan Engram played 57 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Mike Gesicki played 13 games for CIN and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 244 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Mike Gesicki over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over Mike Gesicki.
• Start Mike Gesicki over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Austin Hooper.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.