Start Gunnar Helm or Charlie Kolar? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Gunnar Helm over Charlie Kolar in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Gunnar Helm at 5.3 points and Charlie Kolar at 4.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Charlie Kolar this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (5.3 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 6 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Charlie Kolar yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 4.0 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Gunnar Helm 0.7 points ahead of Charlie Kolar on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Gunnar Helm and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 10.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 31 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

Charlie Kolar and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 13.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 9 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Charlie Kolar has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Gunnar Helm played 75 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 5 against HOU: 45 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 6 against IND: 33 of 46 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 7 against CLE: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 8 against CIN: 49 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 76 yards.

Through Week 9, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Charlie Kolar, Week 5 against DEN: 51 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 6 against KC: 45 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 8 against LAR: 38 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 9 against HOU: 47 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Charlie Kolar played 17 games for BAL and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 90 air yards.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Darren Waller over Gunnar Helm.