Start Darren Waller or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Darren Waller over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Darren Waller at 5.7 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 5.1, 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 Darren Waller this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (6.4, 6.0 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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

No Week 10 player market is posted for Darren Waller yet. His market-based projections were 6.4, 6.0 and 4.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

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 Darren Waller 0.6 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Darren Waller and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 16.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 65 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NO.

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, Darren Waller has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darren Waller is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Darren Waller played 49 percent of CAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Darren Waller, Week 6 against PHI: 36 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 7 against TB: 25 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 50 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darren Waller, Week 8 against GB: 45 of 73 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 9 against DEN: 35 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Darren Waller played 9 games for MIA and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 210 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darren Waller.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Darren Waller.
• Start Darnell Washington over Darren Waller.
• Start AJ Barner over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Darnell Washington over Kenyon Sadiq.