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Should I start Stefon Diggs or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:11 PM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start

WR · WAS · at NYG

Market projects
10.6
fantasy pts
NYG D vs WR
29.9
14th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
47 of 100 at WR
Snap share
61%
Through Week 9
Target share
22%
Through Week 9
Sit

WR · SF · at DAL · Out

Market projects
10.4
fantasy pts
DAL D vs WR
35.6
7th most to WRs (2026)
Start Diggs or Samuel? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Stefon Diggs: 62 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Deebo Samuel Sr.'s 62 percent of the snaps and 11 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. for Stefon Diggs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Stefon Diggs projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 8 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (3.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Deebo Samuel Sr., 10.6 to 10.4 projected PPR points. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR10 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 4-3

Market-based projection
10.6 pts a game

WR21 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Overall rank
63

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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 Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Stefon Diggs's market-based projection is 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Deebo Samuel Sr. 11.8, 0.6 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Deebo Samuel Sr. WR25.

Stefon Diggs had 3 more targets than Deebo Samuel Sr., 102 to 99.

Stefon Diggs had 286 more receiving yards than Deebo Samuel Sr., 1013 to 727.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 57 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for Stefon Diggs?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Stefon Diggs projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 8 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (3.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Deebo Samuel Sr., 10.6 to 10.4 projected PPR points. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.

  • Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Deebo Samuel Sr.?

    No. Keep Stefon Diggs: he projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 8 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (3.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Deebo Samuel Sr., 10.6 to 10.4 projected PPR points. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.

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