Start Jalen Nailor or Dohnte Meyers? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dohnte Meyers over Jalen Nailor in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dohnte Meyers at 6.0 points and Jalen Nailor at 4.7, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jalen Nailor this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.0, 4.3 and 5.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Dohnte Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dohnte Meyers is 21 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jalen Nailor yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 4.3 and 5.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Dohnte Meyers 1.3 points ahead of Jalen Nailor on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Dohnte Meyers and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Jalen Nailor and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 23.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Dohnte Meyers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Jalen Nailor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Dohnte Meyers played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 5 against MIA: 19 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 8 against TEN: 44 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 34 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 9 against ATL: 24 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 16 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards.

Through Week 9, Jalen Nailor played 56 percent of LV snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Nailor, Week 6 against BUF: 42 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Jalen Nailor, Week 7 against LAR: 51 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Jalen Nailor, Week 8 against NYJ: 29 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jalen Nailor, Week 9 against SF: 37 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Nailor played 17 games for MIN and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 332 air yards.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Efton Chism III.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jalen Nailor.
• Start Jalen Nailor over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Jalen Nailor.