Start AJ Barner or Eli Raridon? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start AJ Barner over Eli Raridon in Week 10.

Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 7.3 points and Eli Raridon at 5.8, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for AJ Barner this week yet, so his 7.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (7.0, 8.2 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 5.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.2, 6.8 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for AJ Barner yet. His market-based projections were 7.0, 8.2 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 4.2, 6.8 and 6.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.3 touchdowns (9 market sources).

That puts AJ Barner 1.5 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

AJ Barner and SEA visit LV on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

Eli Raridon and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 98 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Eli Raridon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, AJ Barner played 87 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Barner, Week 6 against DEN: 79 of 85 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 7 against KC: 55 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for 4 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 42 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 8 against CHI: 60 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 23 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 9 against ARI: 48 of 67 snaps, 3 carries for 3 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Eli Raridon played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 8 against MIA: 55 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 9 against GB: 36 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 52 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Barner played 17 games for SEA and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 248 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.
• Start Darnell Washington over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Darren Waller.