Start Juwan Johnson or Harold Fannin? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Juwan Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.7 points and Juwan Johnson at 11.0, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Harold Fannin Jr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 73 against 173, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Juwan Johnson this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (11.8 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Juwan Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 11.8 and 10.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Juwan Johnson 1.4 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Juwan Johnson 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.

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 10.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 29 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Juwan Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Juwan Johnson played 70 percent of NO snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 3 against LV: 46 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Juwan Johnson, Week 4 against ATL: 58 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 59 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Juwan Johnson over Cade Otton.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Hunter Henry.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Schultz.