Should I start Jake Ferguson or Pat Freiermuth in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jake Ferguson, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jake Ferguson is 1.9 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 Pat Freiermuth is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 55 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 1 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 9 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Jake Ferguson had 48 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 102 to 54.

Jake Ferguson had 114 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 600 to 486.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 55 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jake Ferguson is off in Week 14 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jake Ferguson is listed as out on the injury report.