Start Travis Kelce or Juwan Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Travis Kelce over Juwan Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 11.0 points and Juwan Johnson at 8.5, a gap of 2.5. Drafters take Travis Kelce at ADP 113 and Juwan Johnson at 173.

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 11.0 fantasy points for Travis Kelce, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 47 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Travis Kelce 2.5 points ahead of Juwan Johnson 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.

Travis Kelce and KC visit SEA on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

SEA allowed 9.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Juwan Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Travis Kelce 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, Travis Kelce played 77 percent of KC snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 2 against IND: 68 of 80 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 3 against MIA: 41 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 6 against LAC: 40 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 53 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, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 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 Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Colston Loveland over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dallas Goedert.