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Full fantasy football Week 7 cheatsheet: must-start WRs/RBs, FLEX rankings, injury replacements

Full fantasy football Week 7 cheatsheet: must-start WRs/RBs, FLEX rankings, injury replacements

NFL DraftKings Fantasy Advice

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By: Dan Johnson

No lilting intro this morning; we’ve got Paris to embrace together!

Below, I’ve got got my full FLEX rankings, plenty of injury replacements, and the rest of the suite of my Five Lists of Five: Week 7 Edition.

This is your Sunday roundup, delivered while we watch the Paris game. Best of luck in Week 7, everyone.

Follow my handle @dansby_edits for all preseason and fantasy draft kit content—as well as plenty of NFL betting goodies—all season long.

Week 7 Edition: Five Lists of Five

Links to each article below. Every name listed here has an deep-dive in its respective article. This is just the at-a-glance view, for you Sunday-coffee war minds.

Top five must-start WRs in Week 7

  • Christian Watson/Matthew Golden, GB
  • Chris Olave, NO
  • Tee Higgins, CIN
  • Garrett Wilson, NYJ
  • Tetairoa McMillan, CAR

Top five must-start RBs in Week 7

  • Bucky Irving, TB
  • Jaylen Warren, PIT
  • Javonte Williams, DAL
  • Chase Brown, CIN
  • Kyren Williams, LAR

Top five FLEX plays in Week 7

  • Tucker Kraft, GB
  • Sam LaPorta, DET
  • Malik Washington, MIA
  • DK Metcalf, PIT
  • Ryan Flournoy, DAL

Top five streamer plays for fantasy football Week 7

  • C.J. Stroud, QB
  • Cleveland Browns D/ST
  • New York Jets D/ST
  • Chris Boswell, PIT
  • Rashod Bateman, BAL

Top five sleepers and upside plays for Week 7

  • Konata Mumpfield, LAR
  • Jalen Royals, KC
  • Ted Hurst III, TB
  • Christian Kirk, SF
  • Tommy Tremble, CAR

Dan Johnson’s full Week 7 PPR rankings

DAN JOHNSON · THE WEEK 7 BOARD

160 players. Full PPR.

Switch positions, search a player, or filter the featured picks. Evidence tags explain the opportunity, matchup or risk beneath each ranking.

OCT 25–26, 2026WEEK 7 · PPRPRE-INACTIVESFRI/SAT HEALTH REFRESH
160 of 160 playersGap = FP ECR − DJ rank · + means we’re higher
160 RB/WR/TE · Full PPR · Overall FLEX ECR.
Gap beneath Evidence tags below MatchupAll times Eastern PPR FLEX
26 QB · Position-specific ECR.
Gap beneath Evidence tags below MatchupAll times Eastern QB position
54 RB · Position-specific ECR.
Gap beneath Evidence tags below MatchupAll times Eastern RB position
72 WR · Position-specific ECR.
Gap beneath Evidence tags below MatchupAll times Eastern WR position
34 TE · Position-specific ECR.
Gap beneath Evidence tags below MatchupAll times Eastern TE position
26 D/ST · Position-specific ECR.
Gap beneath Evidence tags below MatchupAll times Eastern D/ST

The labels: 5×5 WR/RB are featured must-starts; 5×5 FLEX marks the featured FLEX list; STREAMER and SLEEPER identify the other two lists. Watson and Golden share one WR entry. All 26 featured players/defenses are represented across the tabs and kicker note.

Kicker streamer: Chris Boswell, PIT vs. NO (Paris) · DJ K1 · ECR K4 · Gap +3 · Sunday 9:30 ET. Pittsburgh’s veteran has made 13 field goals and has multiple makes in four of six games. Other leading K choices: Jake Bates, Ka’imi Fairbairn, Will Reichard and Brandon Aubrey, in that order.

Health snapshot: Friday/Saturday reports checked for the Oct. 25–26 slate; this board precedes final inactives. Lamar Jackson, Rice, Egbuka, Montgomery, Tyler Warren, DeVonta Smith, Wicks, Charbonnet and Jeremiyah Love are OUT and excluded. Kirk, Mason, Coleman and Sampson have been activated. Kirk and Sampson had their questionable designations removed. Activation does not promise a full workload.

Conditional ranks: Nacua, Hall, Mayfield and Mike Washington are ranked assuming they play; Dowdle and Spears remain questionable. Stafford assumes Nacua is active. Allen moves into the RB2 range if Hall sits. Barkley is questionable for Monday; Pierce becomes an RB2 option if he is out. Hold a usable Monday replacement rather than assuming Barkley’s full Saturday practice guarantees availability.

The slate: Thursday players, bye teams and confirmed OUT players are excluded. Pittsburgh–New Orleans is a neutral-site game in Paris. Sunday and Monday players are eligible; the Sunday Slip covers only the twelve Sunday games.

Reading ECR: a separately captured overall or positional consensus comparison, not a points forecast. ECR was accessed for Week 7 on Oct. 24; the public comparison pages carry an Oct. 22 expert-update heading, so treat the column as a dated comparison rather than a guaranteed post-Saturday consensus refresh. Raw ECR includes Thursday players. Positive gap = ECR minus DJ rank; removing Thursday players alone can create a positive gap. — means a matching ECR was unavailable. Position tabs use actual positional ECR, never an inferred FLEX position rank.

Scoring: full PPR, no TE premium; QB four points per passing TD, one per 25 passing yards, -2 per interception. D/ST one per sack, two per takeaway/safety/blocked kick, six per defensive or return TD, conventional points-allowed tiers and no yardage allowance. Kickers: 3/4/5 per field goal from 0–39/40–49/50+ yards, one per extra point, -1 per miss. Manual snapshot; no automatic injury or ECR updates.

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
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