Start Jahmyr Gibbs or James Cook III? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over James Cook III in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Jahmyr Gibbs at 24.7 points and James Cook III at 15.6, a gap of 9.1. No player market is posted for James Cook III this week yet, so his 15.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (16.2 and 14.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jahmyr Gibbs at ADP 1 and James Cook III at 9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 24.7 fantasy points for Jahmyr Gibbs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jahmyr Gibbs is 99 rushing yards, 32 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 1.2 touchdowns (14, 13, 10 and 12 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for James Cook III yet. His market-based projections were 16.2 and 14.9 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 15.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for James Cook III is 0.8 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 9.1 points ahead of James Cook III on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jahmyr Gibbs and DET host NE on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NE allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 31 more yards.

James Cook III and BUF visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 21.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 105 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NYJ and caught passes for 27 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, James Cook III has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

James Cook III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Jahmyr Gibbs played 77 percent of DET snaps, took 79 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 52 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 5 against ARI: 46 of 66 snaps, 25 carries for 151 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 7 against GB: 61 of 68 snaps, 29 carries for 116 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 8 against MIN: 55 of 72 snaps, 23 carries for 153 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 9 against MIA: 40 of 59 snaps, 20 carries for 74 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, James Cook III played 54 percent of BUF snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

James Cook III, Week 8 against BAL: 44 of 82 snaps, 21 carries for 80 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

James Cook III, Week 9 against MIN: 31 carries for 107 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games for DET and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He ran 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, James Cook III played 17 games for BUF and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He ran 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

James Cook III, Week 18 of 2025 against NYJ: 2 carries for 15 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.5 PPR points.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start James Cook III over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start James Cook III over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over James Cook III.