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Start Austin Ekeler or Pierre Strong Jr.? Week 10

Updated Nov 11, 2:21 AM ET.

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Start Austin Ekeler over Pierre Strong Jr.

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Austin Ekeler

RB · WAS · at NYG

Market projects
6.6
fantasy pts
NYG D vs RB
19.1
7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
42 of 100 at RB
Snap share
25%
Through Week 9
Target share
5%
Through Week 9
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Pierre Strong Jr.

RB · GB · vs MIN

Market projects
3.9
fantasy pts
MIN D vs RB
18.4
5th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
62 of 100 at RB
Snap share
23%
Through Week 9
Target share
2%
Through Week 9

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Our Week 10 call

Start Austin Ekeler over Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Austin Ekeler at 6.6 points and Pierre Strong Jr. at 3.9, a gap of 2.7. Pierre Strong Jr.'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.

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 3.9 fantasy points for Pierre Strong Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 12 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (7 and 6 market sources).

That puts Austin Ekeler 2.7 points ahead of Pierre Strong Jr. 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.

Pierre Strong Jr. 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.

Pierre Strong Jr. 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, Pierre Strong Jr. played 23 percent of GB snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Pierre Strong Jr., Week 7 against DET: 8 of 67 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Pierre Strong Jr., Week 8 against CAR: 9 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Pierre Strong Jr., Week 9 against NE: 30 of 66 snaps, 8 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 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.

Their other Week 10 calls

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