Should I start Josh Downs or Laquon Treadwell in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.7 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 Laquon Treadwell is 1.2 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 through Week 9

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 9, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

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

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

Josh Downs had 88 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 88 to 0.

Josh Downs had 566 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 566 to 0.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 76 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.