Start Darnell Mooney or Rashod Bateman? 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 Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney

- Market projects
- 4.8
- recent weeks avg
- LAC D vs WR
- 36.6
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 70%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 13%
- 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 Rashod Bateman for Darnell Mooney?
Not on these numbers alone. Rashod Bateman projects 32 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (4.6 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 Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Rashod Bateman at 4.8 points and Darnell Mooney at 3.9, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rashod Bateman this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.5, 6.3 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
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).
No Week 10 player market is posted for Rashod Bateman yet. His market-based projections were 4.5, 6.3 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Rashod Bateman 0.9 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
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.
Rashod Bateman and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
LAC allowed 36.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAC.
By points allowed to the position, Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a chest injury.
Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
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.
Through Week 9, Rashod Bateman played 70 percent of BAL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
Rashod Bateman, Week 6 against CLE: 17 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Rashod Bateman, Week 7 against CIN: 49 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.
Rashod Bateman, Week 8 against BUF: 39 of 51 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 22 yards.
Rashod Bateman, Week 9 against JAX: 35 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Rashod Bateman played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.
He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 185 air yards.
He was on the field for 69 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 Rashod Bateman for Darnell Mooney?
Not on these numbers alone. Rashod Bateman projects 32 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (4.6 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 Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
Should I drop Darnell Mooney for Rashod Bateman?
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 Rashod Bateman 32 (4.6 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney. Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.
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