Start Jordan Watkins or Ja'Kobi Lane? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jordan Watkins over Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jordan Watkins at 5.0 points and Ja'Kobi Lane at 4.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.0 fantasy points for Jordan Watkins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 23 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.9 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).

That puts Jordan Watkins 0.1 points ahead of Ja'Kobi Lane on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

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.

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

Injury status

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Ja'Kobi Lane is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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 Brycen Tremayne over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Darius Cooper over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Darius Cooper over Ja'Kobi Lane.
• Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Darnell Mooney.