Start Jordan Watkins or Isaiah Williams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Isaiah Williams over Jordan Watkins in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Williams at 5.9 points and Jordan Watkins at 4.9, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Isaiah Williams this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.8 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Isaiah Williams yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Williams is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Jordan Watkins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 22 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Williams 1.0 points ahead of Jordan Watkins on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Isaiah Williams 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.

Jordan Watkins and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 180 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Isaiah Williams is not on the injury report.

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Isaiah Williams played 65 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Williams, Week 3 against DET: 59 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 21 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 73 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Williams, Week 5 against CLE: 43 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 6 against NE: 9 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Jordan Watkins played 45 percent of SF snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 3 against ARI: 15 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 60 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 4 against DEN: 25 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Isaiah Williams played 15 games for NYJ and scored 58.7 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing WR98.

He caught 26 of 36 targets for 193 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 74 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Isaiah Williams.
• Start Isaiah Williams over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Isaiah Williams.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darius Cooper.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darnell Mooney.