Start Pierre Strong Jr. or Jaylen Wright? Week 7

Updated Oct 22, 12:31 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 5:13 PM ET: Jaylen Wright: Listed Questionable (Foot) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Pierre Strong Jr. over Jaylen Wright

Start

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB · GB · at DET

Market projects: 4.9; fantasy pts
DET D vs RB: 18.7; 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: High; 85 of 100 at RB

Sit

Jaylen Wright

RB · MIA · at NYJ · Questionable

Market projects: 4.1; fantasy pts
NYJ D vs RB: 21.9; 14th most to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 13%; Through Week 5
Target share: 0%; Through Week 5

Should I drop Jaylen Wright for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Jaylen Wright 42 (3.8 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Pierre Strong Jr. over Jaylen Wright, 4.9 to 4.1 projected PPR points. Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Pierre Strong Jr. over Jaylen Wright in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.9 points and Jaylen Wright at 4.1, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jaylen Wright's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Pierre Strong Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 11 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 5, 4 and 13 market sources).

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).

That puts Pierre Strong Jr. 0.8 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Pierre Strong Jr. and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

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.

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

Injury status

Pierre Strong Jr. is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jaylen Wright for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Jaylen Wright 42 (3.8 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Pierre Strong Jr. over Jaylen Wright, 4.9 to 4.1 projected PPR points. Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Jaylen Wright?
No. Keep Pierre Strong Jr.: he projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Jaylen Wright 42 (3.8 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Pierre Strong Jr. over Jaylen Wright, 4.9 to 4.1 projected PPR points. Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.