Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Tutu Atwell? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Tutu Atwell in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 3.9 points and Tutu Atwell at 2.8, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Tutu Atwell this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (2.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tutu Atwell yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Brian Thomas Jr. 1.1 points ahead of Tutu Atwell on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Tutu Atwell and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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

Injury status

Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.

Tutu Atwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Tutu Atwell played 33 percent of LAR snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tutu Atwell, Week 5 against BUF: 32 of 82 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tutu Atwell, Week 7 against LV: 25 of 72 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tutu Atwell, Week 8 against LAC: 21 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 52 yards.

Tutu Atwell, Week 9 against WAS: 35 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Tutu Atwell played 10 games for LAR and scored 31.2 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR133.

He caught 6 of 15 targets for 192 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 125 air yards.

He was on the field for 28 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jack Bech.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Tutu Atwell.
• Start Tutu Atwell over Chimere Dike.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Tutu Atwell.