Start Darnell Mooney or Tutu Atwell? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Tutu Atwell in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 3.9 points and Tutu Atwell at 2.8, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tutu Atwell this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (2.0 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 Tutu Atwell yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Darnell Mooney 1.1 points ahead of Tutu Atwell 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.

Tutu Atwell and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a chest injury.

Tutu Atwell 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, Tutu Atwell played 33 percent of LAR snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tutu Atwell, Week 5 against BUF: 32 of 82 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tutu Atwell, Week 7 against LV: 25 of 72 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tutu Atwell, Week 8 against LAC: 21 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 52 yards.

Tutu Atwell, Week 9 against WAS: 35 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 16 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, Tutu Atwell played 10 games for LAR and scored 31.2 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR133.

He caught 6 of 15 targets for 192 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 125 air yards.

He was on the field for 28 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Jack Bech.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Tutu Atwell.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Tutu Atwell.
• Start Tutu Atwell over Chimere Dike.