Start Kenny Gainwell or Jaylen Wright? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jaylen Wright over Kenny Gainwell in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 4.9 points and Kenny Gainwell at 4.8, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.3 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell yet. His market-based projections were 4.3 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Jaylen Wright 0.1 points ahead of Kenny Gainwell on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Kenny Gainwell and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 120 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 38 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kenny Gainwell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Kenny Gainwell 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.

Through Week 6, Kenny Gainwell played 41 percent of TB snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 3 against MIN: 32 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for -4 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 4 against GB: 27 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 6 against PIT: 2 carries for 17 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 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, Kenny Gainwell played 17 games for PIT and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He ran 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Kenny Gainwell.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Justice Hill.