Start Austin Ekeler or Zach Charbonnet? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Zach Charbonnet over Austin Ekeler in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Zach Charbonnet at 8.4 points and Austin Ekeler at 6.4, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Zach Charbonnet this week yet, so his 8.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (8.2 and 8.6); 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 Zach Charbonnet yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 8.6 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 8.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet is 0.6 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Zach Charbonnet 2.0 points ahead of Austin Ekeler 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.

Zach Charbonnet and SEA visit LV on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LV allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 130 yards and a touchdown a game against LV and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Zach Charbonnet has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Zach Charbonnet 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, Zach Charbonnet played 47 percent of SEA snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Zach Charbonnet, Week 8 against CHI: 23 of 63 snaps, 6 carries for 23 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Zach Charbonnet, Week 9 against ARI: 38 of 67 snaps, 16 carries for 77 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 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, Zach Charbonnet played 16 games for SEA and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He ran 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Zach Charbonnet, Week 18 of 2025 against SF: 39 of 69 snaps, 17 carries for 74 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.

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 Aaron Jones Sr. over Zach Charbonnet.
• Start Zach Charbonnet over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Zach Charbonnet.