Should I start Mike Gesicki or Ryan Flournoy 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 Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 2.8 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.

Ryan Flournoy'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, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 1 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 1.7 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Ryan Flournoy WR57, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Ryan Flournoy a wide receiver, 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 Ryan Flournoy in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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