Start Kendre Miller or Jaylen Wright? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendre Miller over Jaylen Wright in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 5.7 points and Jaylen Wright at 4.9, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kendre Miller this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.2 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 4.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.2 and 4.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kendre Miller yet. His market-based projections were 6.2 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 5.2 and 4.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kendre Miller 0.9 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kendre Miller and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 22.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 40 more yards.

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

NYJ allowed 23.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 102 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ and caught passes for 28 more yards.

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

Injury status

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

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, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Kendre Miller.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kendre Miller.
• Start George Holani over Kendre Miller.
• Start Blake Corum over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.