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Should I start Josh Downs or Chimere Dike in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 4:21 PM ET.

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Start Josh Downs: 80 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Chimere Dike's 45 percent of the snaps and 7 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 Chimere Dike for Josh Downs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Chimere Dike 6 (0.7 a game over 8 games).

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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.

Josh Downs

WR77 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-8

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
160

Chimere Dike

WR79 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Overall rank
169

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The gap

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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 Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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-based projection for Chimere Dike is 0.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 24 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 71 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chimere Dike was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Chimere Dike 7.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Chimere Dike WR50.

Josh Downs had 14 more targets than Chimere Dike, 88 to 74.

Josh Downs had 143 more receiving yards than Chimere Dike, 566 to 423.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 24 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Chimere Dike in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Chimere Dike for Josh Downs?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Chimere Dike 6 (0.7 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Josh Downs for Chimere Dike?

    No. Keep Josh Downs: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Chimere Dike 6 (0.7 a game over 8 games).

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