Start Jaylen Wright or Julius Chestnut? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jaylen Wright over Julius Chestnut in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 4.1 points and Julius Chestnut at 0.7, a gap of 3.4. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Jaylen Wright is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Jaylen Wright, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 16 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (11 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 0.7 fantasy points for Julius Chestnut, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Julius Chestnut is 1 receiving yards and under 0.1 touchdowns (3 and 11 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Wright 3.4 points ahead of Julius Chestnut on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jaylen Wright and MIA visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 21.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 106 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NYJ and caught passes for 25 more yards.

Julius Chestnut and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Wright has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

Julius Chestnut is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 1 against LV: 4 of 56 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Julius Chestnut played 17 games for TEN and scored 4.0 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB125.

He ran 11 times for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Julius Chestnut, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 17 of 2025 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 16 of 2025 against KC: 2 of 73 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Blake Corum over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Brian Robinson over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Corey Kiner over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Nicholas Singleton over Julius Chestnut.