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Should I start Demarcus Robinson or Gunnar Helm in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 4:06 AM ET.

Start Gunnar Helm: 73 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Demarcus Robinson's 49 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Demarcus Robinson for Gunnar Helm?

Not on these numbers alone. Demarcus Robinson projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 8 games) and Gunnar Helm 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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

WR59 · SF · bye 8

2025 vs anytime td line 1-13

Market-based projection
8.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
144

TE20 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 0-8

Market-based projection
5.3 pts a game

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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 Demarcus Robinson, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gunnar Helm, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Demarcus Robinson is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Gunnar Helm's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Demarcus Robinson has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 75 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Demarcus Robinson played 14 games and scored 58.2 PPR points, 4.2 a game, finishing WR99.

He caught 22 of 35 targets for 276 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Gunnar Helm was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Demarcus Robinson 4.2, 1.6 a game between them.

Demarcus Robinson finished WR99 and Gunnar Helm TE31, which are two different ladders.

Demarcus Robinson is a wide receiver and Gunnar Helm a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Demarcus Robinson is off in Week 8 and Gunnar Helm in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Demarcus Robinson 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 Demarcus Robinson for Gunnar Helm?

    Not on these numbers alone. Demarcus Robinson projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 8 games) and Gunnar Helm 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

  • Should I drop Gunnar Helm for Demarcus Robinson?

    Not on these numbers alone. Gunnar Helm projects 41 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.1 a game over 8 games) and Demarcus Robinson 40 (5.0 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I drop Demarcus Robinson?

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