Start Tre Tucker or Kalif Raymond? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Tre Tucker over Kalif Raymond

Start

Tre Tucker

WR · LV · vs LAR

Market projects: 8.7; recent weeks avg
LAR D vs WR: 28.0; 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 66%; Through Week 6
Target share: 17%; Through Week 6

Sit

Kalif Raymond

WR · CHI · vs NE

Market projects: 7.0; recent weeks avg
NE D vs WR: 31.4; 16th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 62%; Through Week 6
Target share: 15%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Tre Tucker?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tre Tucker over Kalif Raymond.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Tre Tucker over Kalif Raymond in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 8.7 points and Kalif Raymond at 7.0, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Tre Tucker this week yet, so his 8.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.3 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kalif Raymond this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 7.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tre Tucker yet. His market-based projections were 8.3 and 9.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 8.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kalif Raymond yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 7.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Tre Tucker 1.7 points ahead of Kalif Raymond on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tre Tucker and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 28.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 102 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Kalif Raymond and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against NE.

By points allowed to the position, Kalif Raymond has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tre Tucker is not on the injury report.

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tre Tucker played 66 percent of LV snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre Tucker, Week 3 against NO: 40 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 5 against NE: 45 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for -6 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 6 against BUF: 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 6, Kalif Raymond played 62 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 6 against ATL: 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 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 Kalif Raymond for Tre Tucker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tre Tucker over Kalif Raymond.
Should I drop Tre Tucker for Kalif Raymond?
No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tre Tucker over Kalif Raymond.