Should I start T.J. Hockenson or AJ Barner in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on AJ Barner, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for AJ Barner is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

T.J. Hockenson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, AJ Barner has been on the field for 87 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 3 times for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ARI he carried 3 times for 3 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 1.1 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 that year and AJ Barner TE14.

AJ Barner had 2 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 68 to 66.

AJ Barner had 81 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 519 to 438.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 65 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6 and AJ Barner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.