Start Drew Sample or Daniel Bellinger? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Drew Sample over Daniel Bellinger in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Drew Sample at 2.8 points and Daniel Bellinger at 2.6, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Daniel Bellinger this week yet, so his 2.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (2.3 and 3.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.8 fantasy points for Drew Sample, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drew Sample is 0.1 touchdowns (11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Daniel Bellinger yet. His market-based projections were 2.3 and 3.0 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 2.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Drew Sample 0.2 points ahead of Daniel Bellinger on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Drew Sample and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 12.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Daniel Bellinger 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.

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

Injury status

Drew Sample is not on the injury report.

Daniel Bellinger is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Drew Sample played 51 percent of CIN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Drew Sample, Week 5 against MIA: 34 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 7 against BAL: 29 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Drew Sample, Week 8 against TEN: 29 of 74 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 9 against ATL: 38 of 57 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Daniel Bellinger played 43 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 5 against HOU: 28 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 6 against IND: 22 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 7 against CLE: 30 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 8 against CIN: 31 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drew Sample played 17 games for CIN and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and -3 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Daniel Bellinger played 16 games for NYG and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Dawson Knox over Drew Sample.
• Start Foster Moreau over Drew Sample.
• Start Drew Sample over Noah Fant.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Theo Johnson.