Start AJ Barner or Gunnar Helm? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm in Week 10.

Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 6.6 points and Gunnar Helm at 5.3, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for AJ Barner, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for AJ Barner is 23 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7 and 8 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 6 market sources).

That puts AJ Barner 1.3 points ahead of Gunnar Helm on the market 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.

Gunnar Helm and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 10.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 31 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, AJ Barner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Gunnar Helm 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 8, Gunnar Helm played 75 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 5 against HOU: 45 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 6 against IND: 33 of 46 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 7 against CLE: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 8 against CIN: 49 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 76 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.

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Gunnar Helm over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Darren Waller over Gunnar Helm.