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Start Pierre Strong Jr. or Tyler Goodson? Week 7

Updated Oct 22, 12:31 AM ET.

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RB · GB · at DET

Market projects
4.9
fantasy pts
DET D vs RB
18.7
8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
85 of 100 at RB
Sit

RB · DAL · at PHI

Market projects
3.1
recent weeks avg
PHI D vs RB
20.5
16th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
14%
Through Week 6
Target share
3%
Through Week 6

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Our Week 7 call

Start Pierre Strong Jr. over Tyler Goodson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.9 points and Tyler Goodson at 3.1, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Tyler Goodson this week yet, so his 3.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.5 and 2.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Pierre Strong Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 11 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 5, 4 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyler Goodson yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 2.6 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Pierre Strong Jr. 1.8 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Pierre Strong Jr. and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

Tyler Goodson and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against PHI and caught passes for 23 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Goodson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Pierre Strong Jr. is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tyler Goodson played 14 percent of DAL snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Goodson, Week 3 against BAL: 11 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 4 against HOU: 16 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 5 against TB: 3 of 60 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 6 against GB: 11 of 78 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Goodson played 11 games for IND and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He ran 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

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