Start Ryan Flournoy or Makai Lemon? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 7.0 points and Ryan Flournoy at 8.2, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Makai Lemon still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 140 against 220, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.7 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 8.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.8 and 6.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 9.8 and 6.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 8.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 7.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Ryan Flournoy 1.3 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Ryan Flournoy and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 38.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.

Makai Lemon and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Ryan Flournoy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Ryan Flournoy played 74 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 3 against BAL: 49 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Makai Lemon played 72 percent of PHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Makai Lemon over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.