The Depth Charts · Week 7

Chart 2026 File No. 05 Seat 2

Justin

The Master Baiters · Sixteen men on the chart. Nine start. One is kept.

Projected 130.24 this week, 2nd of twelve. No starter carries a designation. The set lineup leaves 0.27 projected points on the bench. On Wednesday this chart was projected 8th; the week’s moves made it 2nd. The hollow week is Week 8, when two starters are off. This week’s case is AJ, whom this file leads 7-4.

Lock stamp · Oct 25, 1:03 PM ET Stamped Wednesday 9:00, Sunday 11:00 and 12:55 ET in season
Projected
2nd of 12
Flagged
none
Hollow week
Week 8
Keepable
14 of 16
  • Projected
    130.24
    2nd of 12 · league median 108.3
    AJ across the table at 100.81
  • Designations
    2
    no of them starting
    Love · Adams
  • Left on the bench
    0.27
    projected points a better lineup would add
    by projection, at this stamp
  • The hollow week
    Wk 8
    Marks · Nabers off
    Kirk off the bench the same week
  • Keepable in 2027
    14 of 16
    two are first- or second-round men
    Robinson · Love

I · The lineup, seat by seat against the league

Each starter is ranked against the eleven other men set in the same seat this week, by the same stamp. The strip is the league; the filled cell is this seat. Strongest seat: QB1, 1st of twelve. Weakest: FLEX2, 11th of twelve.

SeatStarterProjAgainst the leagueDesignationByeDraftedCosts in 2027
QBDrake MayeNE24.641st—11Rd 7 · kepta 5th
RBBijan RobinsonATL19.641st—11Rd 1not keepable
RBWoody MarksHOU13.284th—8Rd 11a 9th
WRMalik NabersNYG14.897th—8Rd 3a 1st
WRCarnell TateTEN9.089th—9Rd 6a 4th
TEColston LovelandCHI9.537th—10Rd 5a 3rd
FLEXJordan MasonMIN10.018th—6Rd 8a 6th
FLEXJosh DownsIND6.5011th—13waivera 13th
D/STSteelers D/STPIT6.446th—9Rd 14a 12th

Ranks are against the other starters set in that seat at the same stamp, second flex against second flex; an empty seat ranks last. The tick in the strip is the league’s middle. A 2027 cost is the round he was drafted in, less two; a first- or second-round man is never keepable; a waiver man costs a 13th (Constitution, Keepers).

II · The bench

PosReserveProjWould start overDesignationByeDraftedCosts in 2027
QBKyler MurrayMIN21.21nobody · 3.43 behind Maye—6waivera 13th
WRChristian KirkSF6.77Downs, ahead by 0.27—8waivera 13th
WRKalif RaymondCHI4.06nobody · 2.44 behind Downs—10waivera 13th
WRJa'Kobi LaneBAL3.94nobody · 2.56 behind Downs—13waivera 13th
RBJeremiyah LoveARI0.00nobody · 6.50 behind DownsOut14Rd 2not keepable
WRQuentin JohnstonLAC0.00nobody · 6.50 behind Downs—7Rd 9a 7th
WRDavante AdamsLAR0.00injured reserve · cannot be movedIR11Rd 4a 2nd

Kirk is projected 0.27 above Downs and is on the bench. The optimal-lineup figure above already counts it.

III · The bye map

Every man on the chart against every week of the season. A filled cell is a week he does not play. The column that empties the most starting seats is the hollow week, and it is the one figure on this page in wax.

 1234567891011121314151617
Maye QB
Robinson RB
Marks RB
Nabers WR
Tate WR
Loveland TE
Mason FLEX
Downs FLEX
Steelers D/ST
Murray QB
Kirk WR
Raymond WR
Lane WR
Love RB
Johnston WR
Adams WR
Starters off·····1·2212·1····

Week 9 is the quieter trap: two starters off. Week 8 empties two starting seats. Weeks 15–17 are the postseason; a bye there belongs to nobody on this chart.

IV · The week’s trajectory

ESPN overwrites a projection in place. The Office keeps three stamps a week — Wednesday morning, Sunday morning, and five minutes before the one o’clock lock — so the shape of a week survives it. This is the only copy of the Wednesday number anywhere.

Wednesday · Oct 21, 9:10 AM ET
106.56
8th of 12
Sunday · Oct 25, 11:03 AM ET
128.01
2nd of 12
Jeremiyah Love FLEX → BE · Jeremiyah Love questionable → out · Jordan Mason IR → FLEX · Jordan Mason injury reserve → clear · Ja'Kobi Lane FLEX → BE · Christian Kirk injury reserve → clear · Josh Downs added · Bo Nix dropped · Khalil Shakir dropped
Lock · Oct 25, 1:03 PM ET
130.24
2nd of 12
no lineup change since the stamp before

V · This week’s case — AJ

7-4
Meetings11, 10 regular season
Points across them1,355.30 to 1,137.00
The streak1 straight win since 2026 week 7
Last meeting112.74 to 84.68 · 2026 wk 7
Largest margin172.96 to 68.80 · 2021 wk 8

Eleven meetings, 7-4 from this side, contested. AJ brings 100.81 to a table where this chart is projected 29.43 clear.

The full case, every meeting, is at /versus/aj-justin/.

VI · The drawer

Sealed · opens to the seat-holder
  • Survivor standing and this week’s pick, with the lock counting down
  • Book balance, open paper, points
  • Dues status for the season
  • Ask the Baron about this chart (later)
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Compiled from the lock stamp of Oct 25, 1:03 PM ET · byes from the pool’s own schedule snapshot · rounds from the 2026 board · the case from 487 games on file. Nothing on this chart is a score; scores are ESPN’s business. — Office of the Commissioner