Should I start Gunnar Helm or Will Mallory in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Will Mallory, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Will Mallory is 0.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

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 8, Will Mallory has been on the field for 36 percent of IND snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX 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 Will Mallory played 2 games and scored 2.6 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing TE113.

He caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0-1 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 16.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 13 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Gunnar Helm was available for 14 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Will Mallory 1.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Will Mallory TE113.

Gunnar Helm had 54 more targets than Will Mallory, 55 to 1.

Gunnar Helm had 341 more receiving yards than Will Mallory, 357 to 16.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 36 percent.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Gunnar Helm is off in Week 9 and Will Mallory in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Will Mallory is listed as out on the injury report.