Start Darnell Mooney or Tory Horton? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tory Horton over Darnell Mooney in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tory Horton at 4.4 points and Darnell Mooney at 3.9, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tory Horton this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (3.4, 5.3 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tory Horton yet. His market-based projections were 3.4, 5.3 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.4, 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 Tory Horton 0.6 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Tory Horton and SEA visit LV on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LV allowed 33.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against LV.

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, Tory Horton has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a chest injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Tory Horton played 39 percent of SEA snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 7 against KC: 31 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 8 against CHI: 43 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 9 against ARI: 41 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 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, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tory Horton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Tory Horton over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Tory Horton.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Jack Bech.