Should I start Zach Charbonnet or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Zach Charbonnet's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Zach Charbonnet has been on the field for 47 percent of SEA snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ARI he carried 16 times for 77 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 11.8 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 0.4 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 and Deebo Samuel Sr. WR25, which are two different ladders.

Zach Charbonnet is a running back and Deebo Samuel Sr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Zach Charbonnet is off in Week 11 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

1.8 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.