Start Kylen Granson or Mo Alie-Cox? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mo Alie-Cox over Kylen Granson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mo Alie-Cox at 1.4 points and Kylen Granson at 0.4, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Mo Alie-Cox this week yet, so his 1.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.3 and 1.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 0.4 fantasy points for Kylen Granson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kylen Granson is under 0.1 touchdowns (11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Mo Alie-Cox yet. His market-based projections were 1.3 and 1.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 1.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Mo Alie-Cox is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Mo Alie-Cox 1.0 points ahead of Kylen Granson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kylen Granson and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Mo Alie-Cox and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 7.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 44 yards and no touchdowns a game against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, Kylen Granson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kylen Granson is not on the injury report.

Mo Alie-Cox is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Kylen Granson played 5 percent of TEN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kylen Granson, Week 5 against HOU: 3 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Mo Alie-Cox played 39 percent of IND snaps, drew 2 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 3 against HOU: 27 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 4 against WAS: 31 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 5 against PIT: 30 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Mo Alie-Cox, Week 6 against TEN: 31 of 83 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kylen Granson played 17 games for PHI and scored 11.0 PPR points, 0.6 a game, finishing TE91.

He caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 27 air yards.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kylen Granson, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 7.0 PPR points.

Kylen Granson, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 10 of 54 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

In 2025, Mo Alie-Cox played 17 games for IND and scored 30.7 PPR points, 1.8 a game, finishing TE66.

He caught 13 of 20 targets for 117 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 40 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Kylen Granson.
• Start Kylen Granson over David Martin-Robinson.
• Start Johnny Mundt over Kylen Granson.
• Start Mo Alie-Cox over David Martin-Robinson.