Start Tyler Warren or T.J. Hockenson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Tyler Warren and T.J. Hockenson are both listed out for Week 7, so no start call applies to this pair.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyler Warren yet. His market-based projections were 14.0 and 10.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 12.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for T.J. Hockenson yet. His market-based projections were 10.7 and 10.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Tyler Warren 1.8 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tyler Warren and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 7.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 44 yards and no touchdowns a game against MIN.

T.J. Hockenson and MIN host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 15.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, T.J. Hockenson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyler Warren is listed as out with a groin injury.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out with a concussion injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren played 91 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 2 against KC: 58 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 5 against PIT: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 9 targets and 7 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson played 60 percent of MIN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 2 against CHI: 36 of 52 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 3 against TB: 50 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 4 against MIA: 65 of 78 snaps, 13 targets and 13 catches for 119 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 5 against NO: 2 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, T.J. Hockenson played 15 games for MIN and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 224 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Juwan Johnson over Tyler Warren.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Tyler Warren.
• Start Trey McBride over Tyler Warren.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Hunter Henry over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Isaiah Likely over T.J. Hockenson.