Should I start Christian McCaffrey or Darnell Washington in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 8.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 14 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 19.9 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Christian McCaffrey is a running back and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Christian McCaffrey has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.