Start Michael Mayer or Gunnar Helm? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Michael Mayer over Gunnar Helm in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Michael Mayer at 5.8 points and Gunnar Helm at 4.8, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Gunnar Helm this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (3.9 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Gunnar Helm yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 5.8 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 5.8 fantasy points for Michael Mayer, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer is 21 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 7 market sources).

That puts Michael Mayer 0.9 points ahead of Gunnar Helm on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Michael Mayer and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

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

Injury status

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Michael Mayer played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Michael Mayer, Week 6 against BUF: 52 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 8 against NYJ: 50 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 53 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 9 against SF: 38 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Michael Mayer played 13 games for LV and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 132 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 Darren Waller over Gunnar Helm.
• Start AJ Barner over Michael Mayer.
• Start Brenton Strange over Michael Mayer.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Michael Mayer.