Should I start Tank Dell or Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 10:46 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Tank Dell
- Market projects
- 3.9
- recent weeks avg
- TEN D vs WR
- 40.7
- most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 43%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 2.9
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs WR
- 29.3
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 36%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 9
Start Brian Thomas Jr.: 43 percent of the snaps and 5 percent of the targets over their last 2 games, against Tank Dell's 36 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Tank Dell for Brian Thomas Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brian Thomas Jr. projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.4 a game over 8 games), Tank Dell 23 (2.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Brian Thomas Jr. over Tank Dell.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR59 · HOU · bye 8
- Market-based projection
- 3.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 136
WR65 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-6
- Market-based projection
- 4.0 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 147
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The gap
- Board size306 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tank Dell, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Tank Dell is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Tank Dell's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Tank Dell has been on the field for 36 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.
In Week 7 against NYG he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 9 targets for 105 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 9, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 43 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have averaged 19.0 air yards.
In Week 8 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 9 against BAL he was not given the ball.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Tank Dell in the last completed season.
In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.
He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 36 percent.
This season Tank Dell holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 5 percent.
Byes and availability
Tank Dell is off in Week 8 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tank Dell for Brian Thomas Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brian Thomas Jr. projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.4 a game over 8 games), Tank Dell 23 (2.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Brian Thomas Jr. over Tank Dell.
Should I drop Brian Thomas Jr. for Tank Dell?
No. Keep Brian Thomas Jr.: he projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.4 a game over 8 games), Tank Dell 23 (2.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Brian Thomas Jr. over Tank Dell.
Should I drop Brian Thomas Jr.?
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