Should I start Tyler Warren or Brock Purdy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.5 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 Brock Purdy is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Warren's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 87 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 10 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 4 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 261 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 261 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 9 against LV he completed 17 of 25 passes for 232 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 40 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 9.7 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Brock Purdy QB24, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end and Brock Purdy a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Brock Purdy in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.