Should I start Van Jefferson or Darnell Mooney in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Van Jefferson's market-based projection is 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Darnell Mooney's market-based projection is 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Van Jefferson, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Van Jefferson has been on the field for 25 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAR he caught 5 of 7 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Van Jefferson played 16 games and scored 70.0 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR88.

He caught 29 of 52 targets for 350 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 12.1 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Van Jefferson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Darnell Mooney scored 5.5 PPR points a game and Van Jefferson 4.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Van Jefferson finished WR88 that year and Darnell Mooney WR79.

Darnell Mooney had 20 more targets than Van Jefferson, 72 to 52.

Darnell Mooney had 93 more receiving yards than Van Jefferson, 443 to 350.

This season Darnell Mooney holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 25 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 10 percent each.

Byes and availability

Van Jefferson is off in Week 7 and Darnell Mooney in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.