Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Olamide Zaccheaus in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Olamide Zaccheaus's market-based projection is 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 127th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Olamide Zaccheaus, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Olamide Zaccheaus has been on the field for 41 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Olamide Zaccheaus played 16 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 5.3 a game, finishing WR75.

He caught 39 of 65 targets for 313 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 8.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth scored 6.7 PPR points a game and Olamide Zaccheaus 5.3, 1.4 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 and Olamide Zaccheaus WR75, which are two different ladders.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Olamide Zaccheaus a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Olamide Zaccheaus.

Olamide Zaccheaus is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.6 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.