Start Eli Raridon or Darnell Washington? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Darnell Washington over Eli Raridon in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Darnell Washington at 7.2 points and Eli Raridon at 5.8, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 5.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.2, 6.8 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 4.2, 6.8 and 6.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.3 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Darnell Washington 1.4 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Darnell Washington and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

Eli Raridon and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 98 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Eli Raridon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 56 of 79 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 7 against NO: 36 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 8 against CLE: 37 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 94 yards.

Through Week 9, Eli Raridon played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 8 against MIA: 55 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 9 against GB: 36 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 52 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Darnell Washington.
• Start AJ Barner over Eli Raridon.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Darren Waller.