Start Juwan Johnson or Michael Mayer? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Michael Mayer in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 7.6 points and Michael Mayer at 7.4, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Juwan Johnson this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (8.2 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Michael Mayer this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.1, 6.5 and 7.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Juwan Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Michael Mayer yet. His market-based projections were 8.1, 6.5 and 7.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Juwan Johnson 0.2 points ahead of Michael Mayer on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Juwan Johnson and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 14.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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, Juwan Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson played 65 percent of NO snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 9 against CLE: 40 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 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 Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Juwan Johnson.
• Start Michael Mayer over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Michael Mayer.
• Start Michael Mayer over Colby Parkinson.