Start Laquon Treadwell or Kyle Williams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Laquon Treadwell over Kyle Williams in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Laquon Treadwell at 5.3 points and Kyle Williams at 4.4, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (5.5, 4.0 and 6.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 4.0 and 6.5 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Laquon Treadwell is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Kyle Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 20 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (12, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Laquon Treadwell 0.9 points ahead of Kyle Williams on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Laquon Treadwell and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 27.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Kyle Williams and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Kyle Williams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.

Kyle Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 3 against HOU: 56 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams played 28 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 3 against JAX: 22 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 34 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 4 against BUF: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 25 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Kyle Williams over Bo Melton.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Kyle Williams.
• Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley.