Start Fernando Mendoza or Daniel Jones? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Daniel Jones over Fernando Mendoza in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 12.5 points and Fernando Mendoza at 12.0, a gap of 0.5. 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 Jones this week yet, so his 12.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (11.5, 11.3 and 14.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Daniel Jones yet. His market-based projections were 11.5, 11.3 and 14.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 12.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Fernando Mendoza, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Fernando Mendoza is 179 passing yards, 12 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (7, 8 and 7 market sources).

That puts Daniel Jones 0.5 points ahead of Fernando Mendoza on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Daniel Jones and IND host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 231 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against MIA, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

Fernando Mendoza and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 169 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with an interception a game.

By points allowed to the position, Daniel Jones has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Fernando Mendoza is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Daniel Jones played 98 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 337 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 6 against TEN: 83 of 83 snaps, 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 7 against MIN: 58 of 58 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 108 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 13 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 8 against JAX: 48 of 61 snaps, 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 9 against DAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 34 passes for 180 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 11 yards.

Through Week 5, Fernando Mendoza played 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and threw an average of 5.9 air yards per attempt.

Fernando Mendoza, Week 5 against NE: 10 of 60 snaps, 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Daniel Jones.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young.
• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.
• Start Bryce Young over Fernando Mendoza.
• Start Cam Ward over Fernando Mendoza.
• Start Geno Smith over Fernando Mendoza.