Start Elic Ayomanor or Kyle Williams? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Kyle Williams in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 5.7 points and Kyle Williams at 4.5, a gap of 1.2. 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 Kyle Williams this week yet, so his 4.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.4, 5.1 and 4.1); 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 Kyle Williams yet. His market-based projections were 4.4, 5.1 and 4.1 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 0.2 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 1.2 points ahead of Kyle Williams 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.

Kyle Williams 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, Kyle Williams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Kyle Williams 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, Kyle Williams played 40 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 25 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 7 against CHI: 21 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 8 against MIA: 50 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 9 against GB: 49 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 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 Kyle Williams over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Kyle Williams over Darnell Mooney.