Start Mark Andrews or AJ Barner? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Mark Andrews over AJ Barner in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 7.4 points and AJ Barner at 7.3, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Mark Andrews this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.3, 8.3 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Mark Andrews yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.4 and 5.5 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 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.

That puts Mark Andrews 0.0 points ahead of AJ Barner on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Mark Andrews and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAC allowed 9.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAC.

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.

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

Injury status

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 6 against CLE: 41 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 7 against CIN: 38 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 8 against BUF: 29 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 9 against JAX: 32 of 56 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Mark Andrews over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Mark Andrews over Dalton Schultz.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.