Start Najee Harris or Seth McGowan? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Najee Harris over Seth McGowan in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Najee Harris at 4.9 points and Seth McGowan at 2.2, a gap of 2.7. No player market is posted for Najee Harris this week yet, so his 4.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.5 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 2.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 2.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Najee Harris yet. His market-based projections were 4.5 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 2.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Najee Harris 2.7 points ahead of Seth McGowan on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Najee Harris and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 17 more yards.

Seth McGowan and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 14.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Najee Harris has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Najee Harris played 18 percent of NYG snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Najee Harris, Week 3 against TEN: 14 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 52 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 4 against ARI: 12 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 5 against WAS: 16 of 89 snaps, 5 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 6 against NO: 4 carries for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Seth McGowan played 18 percent of IND snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 3 against HOU: 11 of 71 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Najee Harris.
• Start Najee Harris over Brian Robinson.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Najee Harris.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Seth McGowan.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Seth McGowan.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Seth McGowan.