Start Deebo Samuel Sr. or DeMario Douglas? Week 10
Updated Nov 11, 5:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Deebo Samuel Sr.: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas
- Market projects
- 9.9
- fantasy pts
- DAL D vs WR
- 35.6
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Market projects
- 9.2
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs WR
- 37.7
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 57%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for DeMario Douglas?
Yes, on the rest of the season. DeMario Douglas projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.5 a game over 7 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 31 (3.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas. So make the move after his Week 10 game. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed questionable.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.9 points and DeMario Douglas at 9.2, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 9.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.9, 9.4 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Deebo Samuel Sr. is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).
No Week 10 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 8.9, 9.4 and 9.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.4 touchdowns (13 market sources).
That puts Deebo Samuel Sr. 0.7 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Deebo Samuel Sr. and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.
DeMario Douglas and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.
By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, DeMario Douglas played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 8 against MIA: 39 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeMario Douglas, Week 9 against GB: 43 of 63 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 102 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games for WAS and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.
He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 261 air yards.
He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 2 carries for 1 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 4.1 PPR points.
Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 36 of 44 snaps, 2 carries for 25 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 68 yards, 11.3 PPR points.
Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 44 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards, 6.5 PPR points.
In 2025, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.
He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.
He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for DeMario Douglas?
Yes, on the rest of the season. DeMario Douglas projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.5 a game over 7 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 31 (3.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas. So make the move after his Week 10 game. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Deebo Samuel Sr.?
No. Keep DeMario Douglas: he projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.5 a game over 7 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 31 (3.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed questionable.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Deebo Samuel Sr. playing Week 10?
- Is DeMario Douglas playing Week 10?
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