Should I start Dohnte Meyers or Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 11:16 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 83 percent of the snaps and 37 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dohnte Meyers's 48 percent of the snaps and 8 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.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR10 · CIN · bye unlisted
- Market-based projection
- 5.7 pts a game
WR13 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 6-3
- Market-based projection
- 21.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 46
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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 Dohnte Meyers, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.
The market-based projections
Dohnte Meyers's market-based projection is 5.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 4.3 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.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Dohnte Meyers has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.
His 26 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.
In Week 7 against BAL he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against TEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against ATL he carried 1 time for 16 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.
Through Week 9, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 84 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 32 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 21 of its 49 two minute targets.
His 99 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.
In Week 7 against KC he carried 2 times for 13 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against CHI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 9 against ARI he caught 7 of 10 targets for 51 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
Dohnte Meyers is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.
He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 45 percent.
This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 36 percent against 9 percent.
Byes and availability
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Dohnte Meyers.
What would change the answer
Jaxon Smith-Njigba has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Both players in full
Week 10 on the board
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- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
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- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
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- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
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