Start Noah Fant or Theo Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Noah Fant over Theo Johnson in Week 7.

Theo Johnson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Noah Fant.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Noah Fant, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Noah Fant is 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (12, 11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Theo Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 2.0, 2.0 and 4.9 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Noah Fant 0.6 points ahead of Theo Johnson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Noah Fant and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 11.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Theo Johnson and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against HOU.

By points allowed to the position, Noah Fant has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Theo Johnson is listed as out with a neck injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Noah Fant played 52 percent of NO snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 2 against BAL: 30 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 3 against LV: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Theo Johnson played 36 percent of NYG snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Theo Johnson, Week 2 against LAR: 16 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 3 against TEN: 11 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 4 against ARI: 22 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Theo Johnson, Week 5 against WAS: 43 of 89 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

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

In 2025, Theo Johnson played 15 games for NYG and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 341 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Noah Fant.
• Start Noah Fant over Austin Hooper.
• Start Noah Fant over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Theo Johnson.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Theo Johnson.
• Start Drew Sample over Theo Johnson.