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Should I start Josh Downs or Jared Wayne in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 3:21 AM ET.

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Start Josh Downs: 80 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jared Wayne's 0 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jared Wayne for Josh Downs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Jared Wayne 2 (0.2 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Josh Downs

WR87 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-8

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
185

Jared Wayne

WR88 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Overall rank
186

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Wayne, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 0.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jared Wayne is 0.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

Josh Downs was available for 15 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 4.5 a game between them.

Josh Downs had 86 more targets than Jared Wayne, 88 to 2.

Josh Downs had 546 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 566 to 20.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 0 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 5 and Jared Wayne in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jared Wayne for Josh Downs?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Jared Wayne 2 (0.2 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Josh Downs for Jared Wayne?

    No. Keep Josh Downs: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Jared Wayne 2 (0.2 a game over 8 games).

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