Start Pat Freiermuth or Eli Raridon? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Pat Freiermuth over Eli Raridon in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Pat Freiermuth at 7.5 points and Eli Raridon at 5.8, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (8.3 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 5.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.2, 6.8 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth yet. His market-based projections were 8.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 0.3 touchdowns (10 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 4.2, 6.8 and 6.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.3 touchdowns (9 market sources).

That puts Pat Freiermuth 1.7 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

Eli Raridon and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 98 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Eli Raridon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 7 against NO: 34 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 8 against CLE: 31 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Eli Raridon played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 8 against MIA: 55 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 9 against GB: 36 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 52 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start AJ Barner over Eli Raridon.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.
• Start Darnell Washington over Eli Raridon.