Should I start Mike Gesicki or Josh Allen in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Allen, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Josh Allen is 5.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 48 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Josh Allen has been on the field for 99 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 273 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 273 dropbacks and scrambled 20 times.

In Week 6 against LV he completed 23 of 33 passes for 255 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he completed 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 30 yards.

In Week 9 against MIN he completed 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Josh Allen played 17 games and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.

He threw for 3668 yards on 460 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.

That came to 27.1 attempts a game at 8.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Allen was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 16.6 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Josh Allen QB1, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Josh Allen a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Josh Allen in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Josh Allen has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.