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Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 7:11 PM ET.

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  • : Source: Pats' Rhamondre Stevenson expected to miss time with knee tendon issue (ESPN)
  • : Rhamondre Stevenson: Listed Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Rhamondre Stevenson: 68 percent of the snaps and 47 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Pat Freiermuth's 60 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Rhamondre Stevenson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rhamondre Stevenson projects 81 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.6 a game over 7 games), Pat Freiermuth 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). Rhamondre Stevenson is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

TE12 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 4-4

Market-based projection
6.7 pts a game

RB30 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-5

Market-based projection
15.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
89

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 6.1 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Rhamondre Stevenson a running back, 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 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Rhamondre Stevenson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Rhamondre Stevenson projects 81 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.6 a game over 7 games), Pat Freiermuth 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). Rhamondre Stevenson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Rhamondre Stevenson for Pat Freiermuth?

    No. Keep Rhamondre Stevenson: he projects 81 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.6 a game over 7 games), Pat Freiermuth 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). Rhamondre Stevenson is listed out.

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