Start Darnell Washington or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Darnell Washington over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Darnell Washington at 7.2 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 5.1, a gap of 2.1. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 5.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (5.6, 4.3 and 5.5); 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 Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 5.6, 4.3 and 5.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.1, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Darnell Washington 2.1 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq 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.

Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 14.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against BUF.

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

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq 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, Kenyon Sadiq played 43 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 6 against NE: 22 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 7 against MIA: 22 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 8 against LV: 31 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 9 against KC: 36 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 49 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 Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Darren Waller over Kenyon Sadiq.