Start Dohnte Meyers or Xavier Hutchinson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dohnte Meyers over Xavier Hutchinson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dohnte Meyers at 6.0 points and Xavier Hutchinson 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 Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (3.7 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 (11, 11 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 5.7 points in Weeks 7 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 Xavier Hutchinson 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.

Xavier Hutchinson and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 29.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Xavier Hutchinson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Xavier Hutchinson 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, Xavier Hutchinson played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 6 against JAX: 34 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 7 against NYG: 34 of 61 snaps, 2 carries for 12 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 9 against LAC: 57 of 70 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 282 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 Adonai Mitchell over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Efton Chism III.
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Xavier Hutchinson.