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Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or T.J. Hockenson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 11:21 AM ET.

Start T.J. Hockenson: 50 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Pierre Strong Jr.'s 23 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the carries. 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.

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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.

RB37 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Overall rank
118

TE19 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
10.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
119

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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 Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 3.1 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.

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 23 percent of GB snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 8 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Pierre Strong Jr. is a running back and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Both players in full

Week 10 on the board

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