Start Ja'Kobi Lane or Jerry Jeudy? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 4.6 points and Ja'Kobi Lane at 4.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jerry Jeudy still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 134 against 201, and that outweighs a gap this size.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Ja'Kobi Lane, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 22 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.6 fantasy points for Jerry Jeudy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Ja'Kobi Lane 0.2 points ahead of Jerry Jeudy on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Ja'Kobi Lane and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Jerry Jeudy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Kobi Lane is not on the injury report.

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane played 46 percent of BAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 1 against IND: 27 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Ja'Kobi Lane, Week 6 against CLE: 31 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Darius Cooper over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Calvin Ridley.