Start Darnell Mooney or Jalen Nailor? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 1:56 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Darnell Mooney: Listed Questionable (Chest) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Jalen Nailor over Darnell Mooney
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs WR
- 23.3
- fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 3.9
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs WR
- 33.6
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Jalen Nailor for Darnell Mooney?
Not on these numbers alone. Jalen Nailor projects 31 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 7 games) and Darnell Mooney 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jalen Nailor over Darnell Mooney. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Jalen Nailor over Darnell Mooney in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Jalen Nailor at 4.7 points and Darnell Mooney at 3.9, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jalen Nailor this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.0, 4.3 and 5.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Jalen Nailor yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 4.3 and 5.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Darnell Mooney is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).
That puts Jalen Nailor 0.8 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Jalen Nailor and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
SEA allowed 23.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.
Darnell Mooney and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
WAS allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and a touchdown a game against WAS.
By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jalen Nailor is not on the injury report.
Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a chest injury.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Jalen Nailor played 56 percent of LV snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
Jalen Nailor, Week 6 against BUF: 42 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.
Jalen Nailor, Week 7 against LAR: 51 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.
Jalen Nailor, Week 8 against NYJ: 29 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.
Jalen Nailor, Week 9 against SF: 37 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.
Through Week 9, Darnell Mooney played 55 percent of NYG snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.
Darnell Mooney, Week 6 against NO: 28 of 77 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Darnell Mooney, Week 7 against HOU: 36 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.
Darnell Mooney, Week 9 against PHI: 37 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 54 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jalen Nailor played 17 games for MIN and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.
He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 332 air yards.
He was on the field for 65 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.
He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.
He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jalen Nailor for Darnell Mooney?
Not on these numbers alone. Jalen Nailor projects 31 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 7 games) and Darnell Mooney 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jalen Nailor over Darnell Mooney. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
Should I drop Darnell Mooney for Jalen Nailor?
Not on these numbers alone. Darnell Mooney projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 8 games) and Jalen Nailor 31 (4.4 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jalen Nailor over Darnell Mooney. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
Week 10 on the board
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- Is Jalen Nailor playing Week 10?
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