Start Jordan Watkins or Elic Ayomanor? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Jordan Watkins in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 5.7 points and Jordan Watkins at 5.5, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (4.2 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jordan Watkins this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (5.2 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 4.2 and 7.2 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jordan Watkins yet. His market-based projections were 5.2 and 5.8 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.2 points ahead of Jordan Watkins on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Elic Ayomanor and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 33.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

Jordan Watkins 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.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Elic Ayomanor played 65 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 7 against CLE: 56 of 63 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 8 against CIN: 50 of 77 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 34 yards.

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins played 56 percent of SF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 7 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 9 against LV: 56 of 73 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Efton Chism III over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Efton Chism III over Jordan Watkins.