Should I start Darren Waller or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 10:11 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Darren Waller's 54 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.
Parlae may earn a commission from price links.
Your next move
More fantasy football tools and rankings, all built from the same board.
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.
TE23 · CAR · bye 5
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 4.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 132
WR58 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 133
Make this call for your own roster
Sync your league and My Team sets this week's lineup for your actual roster, spot by spot. Free, no account.
Or get it by email
Tuesday 7am ET: one email with what moved on the board and who is worth a claim.
Free. One a week, one tap to stop.
The gap
- Board size306 draftable players
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 Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Darren Waller is 1.8 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.
The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.6 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.
Darren Waller's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 9, Darren Waller has been on the field for 49 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 15 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 37 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.
In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against DEN he caught 8 of 10 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.
He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.
He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 8 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 2.1 a game between them.
Darren Waller finished TE33 and Michael Pittman Jr. WR18, which are two different ladders.
Darren Waller is a tight end and Michael Pittman Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Darren Waller is off in Week 5 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
Week 10 on the board
- Is Darren Waller playing Week 10?
- Is Michael Pittman Jr. playing Week 10?
- Panthers depth chart
- Steelers depth chart
- Week 10 WR rankings
- Week 10 TE rankings
- Week 10 fantasy rankings
- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
- Week 10 defense rankings
