Should I start Travis Kelce or Jakobi Meyers in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 5 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 72 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 0.4 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 and Jakobi Meyers WR32, which are two different ladders.

Travis Kelce is a tight end and Jakobi Meyers a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.