Start Mark Andrews or Gunnar Helm? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Mark Andrews over Gunnar Helm in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 5.7 points and Gunnar Helm at 5.3, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.7 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 6 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Mark Andrews 0.3 points ahead of Gunnar Helm on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Mark Andrews and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAC allowed 9.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAC.

Gunnar Helm and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 10.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 31 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Gunnar Helm has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 6 against CLE: 41 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 7 against CIN: 38 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 8 against BUF: 29 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 9 against JAX: 32 of 56 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Through Week 8, Gunnar Helm played 75 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 5 against HOU: 45 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 6 against IND: 33 of 46 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 7 against CLE: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 8 against CIN: 49 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 76 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Mark Andrews.
• Start Brenton Strange over Mark Andrews.
• Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Gunnar Helm over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Gunnar Helm.