Should I start CeeDee Lamb or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. at 4.2 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 32 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 3 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 18 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 108 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he caught 10 of 16 targets for 195 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Deebo Samuel Sr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Deebo Samuel Sr. 11.8, 2.6 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and Deebo Samuel Sr. WR25.

CeeDee Lamb had 18 more targets than Deebo Samuel Sr., 117 to 99.

CeeDee Lamb had 350 more receiving yards than Deebo Samuel Sr., 1077 to 727.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 57 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.