Should I start Darren Waller or Tre Tucker in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 131st 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-based projection for Tre Tucker is 1.7 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 through Week 9

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 9, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 67 percent of LV snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 0 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 56 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 5 of 12 targets for 103 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

In Week 9 against SF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 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 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Tre Tucker 9.5, 0.3 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 and Tre Tucker WR38, which are two different ladders.

Darren Waller is a tight end and Tre Tucker 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 Tre Tucker in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.