Start Drew Lock or Cam Ward? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Drew Lock over Cam Ward in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Drew Lock at 14.8 points and Cam Ward at 12.0, a gap of 2.8. No player market is posted for Cam Ward this week yet, so his 12.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (12.1 and 11.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Drew Lock, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drew Lock is 203 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 6 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (7, 7, 5, 6 and 7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Cam Ward yet. His market-based projections were 12.1 and 11.9 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 12.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Drew Lock 2.8 points ahead of Cam Ward on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Drew Lock and SEA visit LV on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LV allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 251 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against LV, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

Cam Ward and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 237 yards and a touchdown a game against JAX, with 1.4 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Drew Lock has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drew Lock is listed as questionable with a oblique injury.

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Drew Lock played 97 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 80 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Drew Lock, Week 1 against NE: 45 of 50 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 187 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 14 yards.

Drew Lock, Week 2 against ARI: 70 of 70 snaps, 19 of 26 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Drew Lock, Week 9 against ARI: 67 of 67 snaps, 19 of 28 passes for 175 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 yards.

Through Week 8, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 278 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.

Cam Ward, Week 5 against HOU: 63 of 63 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 6 against IND: 46 of 46 snaps, 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 8 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 7 against CLE: 63 of 63 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 8 against CIN: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 40 passes for 304 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 41 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drew Lock played 5 games for SEA and scored 0.1 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing QB73.

He completed 2 of 3 passes for 15 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 6 times for -5 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Drew Lock.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Drew Lock.
• Start Drew Lock over Daniel Jones.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Cam Ward.
• Start Bryce Young over Cam Ward.
• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.