Start Kaleb Johnson or Austin Ekeler? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Kaleb Johnson over Austin Ekeler in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Kaleb Johnson at 9.1 points and Austin Ekeler at 6.6, a gap of 2.5. Kaleb Johnson'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 Kaleb Johnson 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 6.6 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 (14, 13, 14 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Kaleb Johnson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kaleb Johnson is 34 rushing yards and 0.4 touchdowns (7 and 7 market sources).

That puts Kaleb Johnson 2.5 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.

Kaleb Johnson and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.

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

Injury status

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson 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, Kaleb Johnson played 25 percent of GB snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 5 against CHI: 9 of 61 snaps, 7 carries for 26 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 6 against DAL: 4 of 75 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 9 against NE: 26 of 66 snaps, 14 carries for 68 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, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Corey Kiner over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Alvin Kamara over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Blake Corum.