Should I start Mike Gesicki or Xavier Hutchinson in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Xavier Hutchinson's market-based projection is 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 111th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 2 times for 12 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 3 of 5 targets for 29 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 0.3 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Xavier Hutchinson WR64, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Xavier Hutchinson 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 Xavier Hutchinson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.