Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 84 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 32 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 21 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 99 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 2 times for 13 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ARI he caught 7 of 10 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 16.7 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR2.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 136 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 163 to 27.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 1554 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 1793 to 239.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 56 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 36 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.