Start Drew Sample or Davis Allen? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Davis Allen over Drew Sample in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Davis Allen at 2.9 points and Drew Sample at 2.8, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Davis Allen this week yet, so his 2.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (2.1 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Davis Allen yet. His market-based projections were 2.1 and 3.8 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 2.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 2.8 fantasy points for Drew Sample, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drew Sample is 0.1 touchdowns (11 market sources).

That puts Davis Allen 0.1 points ahead of Drew Sample on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Davis Allen and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI.

Drew Sample and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 12.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PIT.

By points allowed to the position, Davis Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Drew Sample is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Davis Allen played 50 percent of LAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 18 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 7 against LV: 50 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 20 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davis Allen, Week 8 against LAC: 40 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 9 against WAS: 42 of 75 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 9, Drew Sample played 51 percent of CIN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Drew Sample, Week 5 against MIA: 34 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 7 against BAL: 29 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Drew Sample, Week 8 against TEN: 29 of 74 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Drew Sample, Week 9 against ATL: 38 of 57 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Drew Sample played 17 games for CIN and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and -3 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Drew Sample over Daniel Bellinger.
• Start Dawson Knox over Drew Sample.
• Start Foster Moreau over Drew Sample.