Start Makai Lemon or Tre Tucker? Week 7

Updated Oct 20, 8:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon

Start

Tre Tucker

WR · LV · vs LAR

Market projects: 8.8; recent weeks avg
LAR D vs WR: 26.9; 4th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 63 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 66%; Through Week 6
Target share: 17%; Through Week 6

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Makai Lemon

WR · PHI · vs DAL · Questionable

Market projects: 6.4; recent weeks avg
DAL D vs WR: 36.2; 7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 37 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 72%; Through Week 6
Target share: 15%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Makai Lemon 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), Makai Lemon 68 (6.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon. Makai Lemon is listed questionable.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 8.8 points and Makai Lemon at 6.4, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Tre Tucker this week yet, so his 8.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (8.3, 9.1 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (6.7, 7.2 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tre Tucker at ADP 136 and Makai Lemon at 140.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.7, 7.2 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 0.2 touchdowns (11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tre Tucker yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 9.1 and 9.1 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 8.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tre Tucker is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Tre Tucker 2.4 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

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

LAR allowed 27.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 104 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

By points allowed to the position, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Tre Tucker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

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: 46 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

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 Makai Lemon 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), Makai Lemon 68 (6.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon. Makai Lemon is listed questionable.
Should I drop Tre Tucker for Makai Lemon?
No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Makai Lemon 68 (6.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon. Makai Lemon is listed questionable.