Start Darnell Mooney or Laquon Treadwell? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Laquon Treadwell over Darnell Mooney in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Laquon Treadwell at 4.8 points and Darnell Mooney at 3.8, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.4, 5.9 and 4.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 4.4, 5.9 and 4.1 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 3.8 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 (14, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Laquon Treadwell 1.0 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Laquon Treadwell and IND host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 7 against MIN: 45 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 8 against JAX: 43 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 18 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 9 against DAL: 52 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 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

• Start Laquon Treadwell over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Darnell Mooney.