Should I start Jordan Watkins or Elic Ayomanor in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 2.5 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.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 1.5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 56 percent of SF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 6.1 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor had 86 more targets than Jordan Watkins, 89 to 3.

Elic Ayomanor had 489 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 515 to 26.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 56 percent.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Watkins is off in Week 8 and Elic Ayomanor in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.