Start Austin Ekeler or Ty Johnson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Austin Ekeler over Ty Johnson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Austin Ekeler at 6.4 points and Ty Johnson at 5.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Ty Johnson this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (5.1 and 6.3); 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 Ty Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 6.3 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Austin Ekeler 0.7 points ahead of Ty Johnson 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.

Ty Johnson and BUF visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 21.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 105 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NYJ and caught passes for 27 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ty Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Ty 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, Ty Johnson played 24 percent of BUF snaps, took 4 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 5 against LAR: 14 of 64 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 72 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 6 against LV: 12 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 8 against BAL: 20 of 82 snaps, 4 carries for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 9 against MIN: 1 carry for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 36 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, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Ty Johnson.
• Start Corey Kiner over Ty Johnson.
• Start Devin Singletary over Ty Johnson.