Start Theo Johnson or Austin Hooper? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Theo Johnson over Austin Hooper in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Theo Johnson at 1.6 points and Austin Hooper at 1.6, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Austin Hooper this week yet, so his 1.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (1.4, 1.6 and 1.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.6 fantasy points for Theo Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Theo Johnson is 5 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 8 and 13 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Austin Hooper yet. His market-based projections were 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 1.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Theo Johnson 0.0 points ahead of Austin Hooper on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Theo Johnson and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Austin Hooper and ATL host KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 66 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.

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

Injury status

Theo Johnson is not on the injury report.

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Theo Johnson played 33 percent of NYG snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Theo Johnson, Week 3 against TEN: 11 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 4 against ARI: 22 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Theo Johnson, Week 5 against WAS: 43 of 89 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 9 against PHI: 12 of 67 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 9, Austin Hooper played 23 percent of ATL snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Hooper, Week 6 against CHI: 7 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 7 against SF: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 8 against TB: 7 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 9 against CIN: 3 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Theo Johnson played 15 games for NYG and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 341 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Austin Hooper played 16 games for NE and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 177 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Daniel Bellinger over Theo Johnson.
• Start Drew Sample over Theo Johnson.
• Start Mitchell Evans over Theo Johnson.