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Start Austin Ekeler or Chris Rodriguez Jr.? Week 10

Updated Nov 10, 1:16 PM ET.

Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler

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Chris Rodriguez Jr.

RB · JAX · at TEN

Market projects
8.2
recent weeks avg
TEN D vs RB
21.6
15th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
70 of 100 at RB
Snap share
34%
Through Week 9
Target share
7%
Through Week 9
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Austin Ekeler

RB · WAS · at NYG

Market projects
6.5
fantasy pts
NYG D vs RB
19.1
7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
41 of 100 at RB
Snap share
25%
Through Week 9
Target share
5%
Through Week 9

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Our Week 10 call

Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 8.2 points and Austin Ekeler at 6.5, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. this week yet, so his 8.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (8.1 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 8.1 and 8.4 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 8.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Austin Ekeler, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Austin Ekeler is 28 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 13, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 1.7 points ahead of Austin Ekeler on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 21.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN and caught passes for 35 more yards.

Austin Ekeler and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 92 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against NYG and caught passes for 21 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 34 percent of JAX snaps, took 26 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 8 against IND: 12 of 54 snaps, 6 carries for 41 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 9 against BAL: 25 of 56 snaps, 10 carries for 19 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Austin Ekeler played 25 percent of WAS snaps, took 21 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Ekeler, Week 5 against NYG: 6 of 62 snaps, 3 carries for -1 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 6 against SF: 7 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 8 against PHI: 20 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 9 against LAR: 28 of 62 snaps, 8 carries for 16 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.

In 2025, Austin Ekeler played 2 games for WAS and scored 13.1 PPR points, 6.6 a game, finishing RB103.

He ran 14 times for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 7 targets for 38 yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

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