Start Jordan Watkins or Jerry Jeudy? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jordan Watkins over Jerry Jeudy in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jordan Watkins at 5.0 points and Jerry Jeudy at 4.6, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.0 fantasy points for Jordan Watkins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 23 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.6 fantasy points for Jerry Jeudy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jordan Watkins 0.4 points ahead of Jerry Jeudy on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jordan Watkins and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 180 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jordan Watkins played 45 percent of SF snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 3 against ARI: 15 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 60 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 4 against DEN: 25 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darius Cooper.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Calvin Ridley.