Pat Mayo's 2025 Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings, Starts, Sits, Sleepers, Busts

Oct 15, 2025

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Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings, Starts, Sits, Sleepers, Busts

Pat Mayo updates his 2025 Fantasy Football Week 7 rankings with the latest news and goes through the Week 7 NFL Injury Report telling you who is in and out and which players stand to benefit. Mayo then goes through his favorite Week 7 Props and fills out an Underdog Pick’em Entry before getting to his Top Cheap Plays on DraftKings for Week 7 at each position.

Plus, a detailed look at Dowdle vs Hubbard, late breaking news on Egbuka and Christian Kirk, the return of CeeDee Lamb, Mike Evans, and George Kittle and MORE!!!!!

Week 7 RB Injuries

Josh Jacobs (Calf) — Questionable
Chuba Hubbard (Calf) — IN
D’Andre Swift (Groin) — Expected IN
Emari Demercado (Ankle) — OUT
Bucky Irving (Ankle) — OUT
Aaron Jones (Hamstring) — OUT
Chris Rodriguez (calf) — Questionable

Week 7 RB Rankings

Judkins — 4x in the past 5 weeks has an RB cleared 20 PPR points against the Dolphins (Vidal, Dowdle, Cook, and Stevenson). Judkins: 3rd most yards per carry after contact this season. Dolphins: 5th most yards per carry allowed to RBs before contact this season

Dowdle — Dowdle had 83 rushing yards in September... we are three weeks into October and he now ranks 5th in the NFL in rushing yards (472 yards, ahead of Derrick Henry, Jahmyr Gibbs, Ashton Jeanty, etc).

Week 7 Spread Picks

Mayo, Geoff Fienberg, and Tim Anderson go game-by-game and make their 2025 Week 7 Spread Picks, Bets, Survivor Picks, and Props. Plus, a mini Cust Corner on Geoff’s $20K a plate dinner.

Week 7 WR Injuries

Puka Nacua (Ankle) — OUT
Deebo Samuel (heel) — OUT
Calvin Ridley (Hamstring) — OUT
Garrett Wilson (Knee) — OUT
Terry McLaurin (Quad) — OUT
Josh Downs (Concussion) — OUT
Ashton Dulin — OUT
Chris Godwin (Fibula) — OUT
Ricky Pearsall (Knee) — OUT
Darius Slayton (hamstring) — OUT
Mike Evans (Hamstring) — GAME TIME DECISION (Leaning IN)
Emeka Egbuka (Hamstring) — GAME TIME DECISION (Leaning OUT)
Ray-Ray McCloud (Personal) — Expected OUT
Christian Kirk (Hamstring) — Leaning OUT
Darnell Mooney (hamstring) — LEANING IN
Jakobi Meyers (knee/toe) — Questionable
Stefon Diggs (Chest) — LEANING IN
Zay Jones (Knee) — Questionable
Marvin Harrison (Concussion) — IN
Jalen Coker (Quad) — IN
DJ Moore (Hip) — Expected IN
CeeDee Lamb (Ankle) — Expected IN
Christian Watson (knee) — Expected OUT
Kavontae Turpin (Foot) — IN
Quentin Johnston (hamstring) — Expected IN
Brandon Aiyuk (Knee) — Estimated Week 10 Return
Noah Brown (Groin) — Placed on IR

Week 7 WR Rankings

Boutte — TEN: 3rd most YPA allowed on deep passes this season (only CHI and DAL have been worse) ... 3 players have 20+ targets and a 16+ aDOT this season: Tyquan Thornton, Malik Nabers, and Boutte. TEN: 24th in pressure rate (Boutte’s target rate more than doubles when Maye doesn’t feel the heat compared to when he does: 7% to 15.4%).

Rice — Over 10 PPR points in 12 of his past 13 (playoffs included) games. That’s a low bar, but 17+ points in eight of those games isn’t.

Jeudy — At his current pace, he needs ANOTHER 198 targets this season to reach his receiving yardage season from 2024.

Week 7 QB Injuries

Lamar Jackson (Hamstring) — Expected to Return after Bye Week
Brock Purdy (Toe) — OUT
Kyler Murray (foot) — OUT
J.J. McCarthy (Ankle) — OUT

Week 7 QB Rankings

Fields — The Panthers rank 32nd in pressure rate, but might that make them a tough matchup? Fields ranks 9th in fantasy points per pressured pass this season and 27th (or 31 qualifiers) when not pressured.

Week 7 TE Injuries

David Njoku (Knee) — OUT
Brock Bowers (Knee) — OUT
Ja’Tavion Sanders (Ankle) — IN
George Kittle (Hamstring) — Leaning IN

Week 7 TE Rankings

Goedert — The Vikings rank 2nd in pressure rate. Dallas Goedert has been targeted on just 11.9% of routes when Hurts is pressured this season (not pressured: 29.2%).

Mayer — 6th in PPR scoing among TEs last week, but 28th in routes.

Week 7 DST Rankings

The two worst pressure defenses play this week (CAR at NYJ) ... CLE has allowed a TD on a league-high 80% of drives that reach the red zone ... CHI is allowing 7.4 yards per first down play, the worst mark through six wssks since the 2020 Dolphins ... 20.5% of deep passes thrown vs DAL has resulted in a TD: league average: 7.1%.