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Should I start Darnell Washington or T.J. Hockenson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 10:11 AM ET.

Start Darnell Washington: 64 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against T.J. Hockenson's 50 percent of the snaps and 14 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 Darnell Washington for T.J. Hockenson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. T.J. Hockenson projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.2 a game over 8 games), Darnell Washington 49 (6.1 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.

Darnell Washington

TE18 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Overall rank
114

T.J. Hockenson

TE19 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
10.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
115

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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 Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. 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 has T.J. Hockenson at 1.9 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 2.9 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

T.J. Hockenson had 23 more targets than Darnell Washington, 66 to 43.

T.J. Hockenson had 74 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 438 to 364.

Their snap share this season is the same, 65 percent each.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Darnell Washington for T.J. Hockenson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. T.J. Hockenson projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.2 a game over 8 games), Darnell Washington 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop T.J. Hockenson for Darnell Washington?

    No. Keep T.J. Hockenson: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.2 a game over 8 games), Darnell Washington 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games).

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