
Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Zach Ertz this week? Week 7 PPR (2026)
THE RESEARCH PICK
Start Dontayvion Wicks
Week 7 ยท PPR
Dontayvion Wicks averaged 5.7 targets per game across the last 3 recorded games, compared with 2.7 for Zach Ertz. More opportunities provide another route to fantasy points. Recent scoring favors Dontayvion Wicks: 6.8 versus 1.6 FP per game. Dontayvion Wicks receives the better positional matchup adjustment (3.75% versus 0%).
Forecast updated ยท PPR

RESEARCH PICK

0.0FF projected
= 0.0 vs ESPN
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THE ALTERNATIVE

Zach Ertz
TE ยท PHIStats & schedule โบ0.1FF projected
โ +0.1 vs ESPN
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Dontayvion Wicks
FF0.0 FP
Boosted Trees8.6 FP
Workload0.0 FP
Monte Carloโ FP
- Recent scoring average: 6.8 FP.
- The DAL defensive matchup changes the FF estimate up 3.75%.
- The saved workload scenario allocates 0.0 targets and 0.0 carries. These are conditional estimates, not confirmed opportunities.
- Return scenarios include Saquon Barkley, Grant Calcaterra, Eli Stowers; their availability can redistribute the workload.
- OUT
- Last 3 recorded games: 5.7 targets per game.
Zach Ertz
FF0.1 FP
Boosted Trees-0.1 FP
Workload1.9 FP
Monte Carloโ FP
- His prior three-game scoring average was 3.3 FP. Compared with holding recent form level with the forecast, that scoring history shifts the tree estimate down 0.9 FP. This isolates model sensitivity, not a guaranteed football outcome.
- Recent scoring average: 1.6 FP.
- The saved workload scenario allocates 1.5 targets and 0.0 carries. These are conditional estimates, not confirmed opportunities.
- Return scenarios include Saquon Barkley, Grant Calcaterra, Eli Stowers; their availability can redistribute the workload.
- Last 3 recorded games: 2.7 targets per game.
Dontayvion Wicks
Fortified0.0
ESPN0.0
Sleeper0.0
FantasyProsโ
Dontayvion Wicks faces DAL in Week 7. Recent scoring average: 6.8 fantasy points. The position-specific defensive matchup adjusts the forecast up 3.75%. OUT
Zach Ertz
Fortified0.1
ESPN0.0
Sleeper0.0
FantasyProsโ
Zach Ertz faces DAL in Week 7. Recent scoring average: 1.6 fantasy points.
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