Start Corey Kiner or Austin Ekeler? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Corey Kiner over Austin Ekeler in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 13.4 points and Austin Ekeler at 6.5, a gap of 6.9. Corey Kiner's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Corey Kiner is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

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).

Player markets imply 13.4 fantasy points for Corey Kiner, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 54 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (9 and 10 market sources).

That puts Corey Kiner 6.9 points ahead of Austin Ekeler on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Corey Kiner and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 75 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 24 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Austin Ekeler has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Corey Kiner played 13 percent of NE snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 11 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 9 against GB: 11 of 63 snaps, 8 carries for 55 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Devin Singletary over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Austin Ekeler over Dylan Sampson.
• Start Corey Kiner over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Corey Kiner.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Corey Kiner.