Start Juwan Johnson or Pat Freiermuth? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Pat Freiermuth in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 8.5 points and Pat Freiermuth at 7.0, a gap of 1.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Juwan Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 34 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.0 fantasy points for Pat Freiermuth, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 27 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (5, 4 and 13 market sources).

That puts Juwan Johnson 1.5 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Juwan Johnson and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 11.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 17.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 76 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Pat Freiermuth has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Juwan Johnson played 68 percent of NO snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 3 against LV: 46 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Juwan Johnson, Week 4 against ATL: 58 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 59 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Pat Freiermuth played 69 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 3 against CIN: 37 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 4 against CLE: 54 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air 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 Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Juwan Johnson.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over Colby Parkinson.