Start Seth McGowan or Sean Tucker? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Seth McGowan over Sean Tucker in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Seth McGowan at 2.7 points and Sean Tucker at 2.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Seth McGowan is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.7 fantasy points for Seth McGowan, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Seth McGowan is 14 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (7 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.6 fantasy points for Sean Tucker, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sean Tucker is 8 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Seth McGowan 0.1 points ahead of Sean Tucker on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Sean Tucker and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 25.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Sean Tucker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Sean Tucker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Seth McGowan played 19 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: 19 of 83 snaps, 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Sean Tucker played 5 percent of TB snaps, took 9 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Sean Tucker, Week 3 against MIN: 1 of 69 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Sean Tucker, Week 4 against GB: 3 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Sean Tucker, Week 5 against DAL: 7 of 72 snaps, 5 carries for 18 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Sean Tucker played 17 games for TB and scored 91.4 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing RB52.

He ran 86 times for 320 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 11 targets for 34 yards.

He was on the field for 16 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Dillon over Seth McGowan.
• Start CJ Donaldson over Seth McGowan.
• Start Corey Kiner over Seth McGowan.
• Start AJ Dillon over Sean Tucker.
• Start CJ Donaldson over Sean Tucker.
• Start Corey Kiner over Sean Tucker.