Start Jake Ferguson or Tommy Tremble? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jake Ferguson over Tommy Tremble in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jake Ferguson at 6.4 points and Tommy Tremble at 3.9, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (4.2 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Jake Ferguson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jake Ferguson is 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (8, 8 and 11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 4.2 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 0.3 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Jake Ferguson 2.5 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jake Ferguson and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 11.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 48 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

Tommy Tremble and CAR host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

By points allowed to the position, Tommy Tremble has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jake Ferguson is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jake Ferguson played 68 percent of DAL snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jake Ferguson, Week 3 against BAL: 51 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jake Ferguson, Week 4 against HOU: 55 of 78 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 11 yards.

Jake Ferguson, Week 5 against TB: 50 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jake Ferguson, Week 6 against GB: 42 of 78 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Through Week 6, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 2 against ATL: 37 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jake Ferguson played 17 games for DAL and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Jake Ferguson.
• Start Cade Otton over Jake Ferguson.
• Start Jake Ferguson over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Darnell Washington over Tommy Tremble.