Week 7 Fantasy football projection risers and fallers: C.J. Stroud, Woody Marks rise as Patrick Mahomes slips

C.J. Stroud and Woody Marks climb the Week 7 Fantasy projections, while Patrick Mahomes faces a tough matchup against Seattle

C.J. Stroud and Woody Marks headline Week 7 Fantasy Football risers as favorable matchups boost their starting outlooks For the first time all season, it feels like we may get more players back this week than we lost last week. Part of that may be the fact that the Lions and Bengals are coming off a bye. Another part is that far fewer players played last week and suffered a significant injury. That's fantastic news. What is also fantastic is that the running back position may get some much-needed depth added, even if we aren't sure we're getting them all the way back in Week 7. As of Monday evening, we are projecting Josh Jacobs and Zach Charbonnet to make their season debuts this week.

Both Green Bay and Seattle have struggled running the ball this season, which is both a blessing and a curse for their returning starters. The blessing is that Jacobs and Charbonnet should get as much work as they can handle moving forward. The curse is that it is hard to project them as very efficient, given how these lines have been blocking. For Week 7, it is best to view both as high-end flexes who could be RB2s if they score a touchdown. I have both Jacobs and Charbonnet projected for double-digit touches, but just