Start Austin Ekeler or Kimani Vidal? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Austin Ekeler over Kimani Vidal in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Austin Ekeler at 6.4 points and Kimani Vidal at 5.6, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kimani Vidal this week yet, so his 5.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (5.8 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Austin Ekeler, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Austin Ekeler is 27 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 13, 13 and 14 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Kimani Vidal yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 5.3 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Austin Ekeler 0.9 points ahead of Kimani Vidal on these 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.

Kimani Vidal and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 19.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 9 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against BAL and caught passes for 17 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kimani Vidal has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Kimani Vidal 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, Kimani Vidal played 31 percent of LAC snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kimani Vidal, Week 5 against DEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 57 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 6 against KC: 25 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 21 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 8 against LAR: 28 of 61 snaps, 8 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 9 against HOU: 28 of 72 snaps, 7 carries for 30 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

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, Kimani Vidal played 13 games for LAC and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He ran 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Corey Kiner over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Devin Singletary over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Corey Kiner over Kimani Vidal.
• Start Devin Singletary over Kimani Vidal.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Kimani Vidal.