Start Brenton Strange or Juwan Johnson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 7.6 points and Brenton Strange at 9.3, a gap of 1.7. Juwan Johnson still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 173 against 202, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Juwan Johnson this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (8.2 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Brenton Strange this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.0 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brenton Strange yet. His market-based projections were 10.0 and 8.7 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Juwan Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Brenton Strange 1.8 points ahead of Juwan Johnson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brenton Strange and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 12.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 43 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Juwan Johnson and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 14.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brenton Strange played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 9 against BAL: 44 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson played 65 percent of NO snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 9 against CLE: 40 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Juwan Johnson.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Colby Parkinson.