Start Van Jefferson or Darnell Mooney? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Van Jefferson over Darnell Mooney in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Van Jefferson at 4.1 points and Darnell Mooney at 3.9, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Van Jefferson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Van Jefferson is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

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 Van Jefferson 0.3 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Van Jefferson and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYG.

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

Van Jefferson is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable with a chest injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Van Jefferson played 25 percent of WAS snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Van Jefferson, Week 5 against NYG: 3 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Van Jefferson, Week 8 against PHI: 7 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Van Jefferson, Week 9 against LAR: 36 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Van Jefferson played 16 games for TEN and scored 70.0 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR88.

He caught 29 of 52 targets for 350 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 267 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 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 Van Jefferson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Van Jefferson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Van Jefferson over Jack Bech.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Jack Bech.