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Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Malachi Fields in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 10:11 AM ET.

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Start Malachi Fields: 84 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dontayvion Wicks's 79 percent of the snaps and 16 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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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.

WR87 · PHI · on bye this week

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Overall rank
221

WR89 · NYG · bye 8

Overall rank
225

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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 Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 221st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malachi Fields, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 9, Malachi Fields has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 2 of 8 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Malachi Fields is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 76 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Dontayvion Wicks is off in Week 10 and Malachi Fields in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.

Both players in full

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