Start Marvin Harrison Jr. or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Marvin Harrison Jr. in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 3.9 points and Marvin Harrison Jr. at 5.0, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Brian Thomas Jr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 72 against 65, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (3.7 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.0 fantasy points for Marvin Harrison Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Marvin Harrison Jr. is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 12 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 4.0 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brian Thomas Jr. is 0.2 touchdowns (14 market sources).

That puts Marvin Harrison Jr. 1.1 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Marvin Harrison Jr. and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 29.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 40.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 195 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Brian Thomas Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Marvin Harrison Jr. is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 34 percent of HOU snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 7 against NYG: 13 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 9 against LAC: 32 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Through Week 9, Brian Thomas Jr. played 43 percent of JAX snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 9 against BAL: 19 of 56 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games for ARI and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against CIN: 19 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 10 calls

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• Start Marvin Harrison Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Marvin Harrison Jr..
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Brian Thomas Jr..