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Should I start Jared Wayne or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 12:21 PM ET.

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Start Dontayvion Wicks: 79 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jared Wayne's 0 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 Jared Wayne for Dontayvion Wicks?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Dontayvion Wicks projects 9 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (1.3 a game over 7 games), Jared Wayne 5 (0.6 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

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WR88 · PHI · on bye this week

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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 Jared Wayne, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jared Wayne is 0.2 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.

No season market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 1.4 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks had 44 more targets than Jared Wayne, 46 to 2.

Dontayvion Wicks had 312 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 332 to 20.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 0 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Jared Wayne is off in Week 6 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jared Wayne for Dontayvion Wicks?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Dontayvion Wicks projects 9 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (1.3 a game over 7 games), Jared Wayne 5 (0.6 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

  • Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Jared Wayne?

    No. Keep Dontayvion Wicks: he projects 9 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (1.3 a game over 7 games), Jared Wayne 5 (0.6 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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