Start Tez Johnson or Tory Horton? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tez Johnson over Tory Horton in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tez Johnson at 2.8 points and Tory Horton at 2.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tez Johnson this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tory Horton this week yet, so his 2.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 3.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tez Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tory Horton yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tory Horton is 0.1 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Tez Johnson 0.3 points ahead of Tory Horton on these projections.

Injury status

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tez Johnson played 34 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 3 against MIN: 16 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Through Week 6, Tory Horton played 28 percent of SEA snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 3 against WAS: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 48 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 4 against LAC: 10 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tory Horton, Week 5 against SF: 11 of 63 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Tez Johnson over Bo Melton.
• Start Tez Johnson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tez Johnson.
• Start Tory Horton over Bo Melton.
• Start Tory Horton over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tory Horton.