Should I start Fernando Mendoza or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Fernando Mendoza's market-based projection is 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Fernando Mendoza, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Fernando Mendoza has been on the field for 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 9 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

Through Week 9, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 56 percent of DET snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 9 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Fernando Mendoza is a quarterback and Isaac TeSlaa a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Fernando Mendoza is off in Week 13 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.8 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.