Start Brenton Strange or Pat Freiermuth? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brenton Strange over Pat Freiermuth in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brenton Strange at 9.3 points and Pat Freiermuth at 7.5, a gap of 1.9. 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. No player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (8.3 and 6.6); 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 Pat Freiermuth yet. His market-based projections were 8.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 0.3 touchdowns (11 market sources).

That puts Brenton Strange 1.9 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth 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.

Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Pat Freiermuth has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Pat Freiermuth 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 8, Pat Freiermuth played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 7 against NO: 34 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 8 against CLE: 31 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 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, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 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 Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over Colby Parkinson.