Start Jameis Winston or Tyson Bagent? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tyson Bagent over Jameis Winston in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tyson Bagent at 16.4 points and Jameis Winston at 13.8, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Tyson Bagent this week yet, so his 16.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (17.0 and 15.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jameis Winston this week yet, so his 13.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (14.1, 12.9 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyson Bagent yet. His market-based projections were 17.0 and 15.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jameis Winston yet. His market-based projections were 14.1, 12.9 and 14.5 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 13.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Tyson Bagent 2.5 points ahead of Jameis Winston on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tyson Bagent and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 228 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

Jameis Winston and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 265 yards and 1.7 touchdowns a game against HOU, with 0.5 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Jameis Winston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyson Bagent is not on the injury report.

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Tyson Bagent played 63 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Tyson Bagent, Week 2 against MIN: 10 of 74 snaps, 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Tyson Bagent, Week 4 against NYJ: 93 of 93 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 268 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.

Tyson Bagent, Week 5 against GB: 46 of 69 snaps, 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 yards.

Through Week 6, Jameis Winston played 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

Jameis Winston, Week 3 against TEN: 64 of 64 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 15 yards.

Jameis Winston, Week 4 against ARI: 67 of 67 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Jameis Winston, Week 5 against WAS: 84 of 89 snaps, 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 28 yards.

Jameis Winston, Week 6 against NO: 46 of 77 snaps, 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyson Bagent played 3 games for CHI and scored 2.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing QB67.

He completed 3 of 4 passes for 47 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 2 times for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jameis Winston played 3 games for NYG and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He completed 37 of 66 passes for 567 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran 7 times for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Tyson Bagent over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Baker Mayfield over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Jameis Winston.
• Start Bo Nix over Jameis Winston.
• Start Bryce Young over Jameis Winston.