Should I start Patrick Mahomes or Tank Dell in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 11:21 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Patrick Mahomes: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tank Dell's 36 percent of the snaps and 15 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 Tank Dell for Patrick Mahomes?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Patrick Mahomes projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 8 games), Tank Dell 23 (2.9 a game over 8 games). Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB20 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 21.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 145
WR60 · HOU · bye 8
- Market-based projection
- 3.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 147
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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 Patrick Mahomes, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tank Dell, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Patrick Mahomes is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Tank Dell is 1.5 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.
Patrick Mahomes's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 99 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 289 times and thrown 5.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 49 of 289 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.
In Week 7 against SEA he completed 19 of 33 passes for 165 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.
In Week 8 against DEN he completed 30 of 41 passes for 321 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 6 yards.
In Week 9 against NYJ he completed 23 of 31 passes for 242 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
Through Week 9, Tank Dell has been on the field for 36 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.
In Week 7 against NYG he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 9 targets for 105 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.
He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.
That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
The season feed carries no line for Tank Dell in the last completed season.
Side by side
Patrick Mahomes is a quarterback and Tank Dell a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5 and Tank Dell in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Patrick Mahomes is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tank Dell for Patrick Mahomes?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Patrick Mahomes projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 8 games), Tank Dell 23 (2.9 a game over 8 games). Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
Should I drop Patrick Mahomes for Tank Dell?
No. Keep Patrick Mahomes: he projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 8 games), Tank Dell 23 (2.9 a game over 8 games). Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
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