Should I start Josh Downs or Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Wan'Dale Robinson, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Wan'Dale Robinson is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Josh Downs's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Wan'Dale Robinson has been on the field for 70 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 50 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 3 of 7 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 6 of 7 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 5.1 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Wan'Dale Robinson WR14.

Wan'Dale Robinson had 52 more targets than Josh Downs, 140 to 88.

Wan'Dale Robinson had 448 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 1014 to 566.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 70 percent.

This season Wan'Dale Robinson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.