Should I start Gunnar Helm or Drew Sample in Week 10?

The market-based projections

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.

Drew Sample's market-based projection is 2.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drew Sample, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 9, Drew Sample has been on the field for 51 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 9 against ATL he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drew Sample was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 3.9 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Drew Sample TE64.

Gunnar Helm had 35 more targets than Drew Sample, 55 to 20.

Gunnar Helm had 251 more receiving yards than Drew Sample, 357 to 106.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 51 percent.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Gunnar Helm is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Drew Sample.

What would change the answer

2.5 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.