Start Kenyon Sadiq or Michael Mayer? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Michael Mayer over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Michael Mayer at 5.6 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 5.1, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 5.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (5.6, 4.3 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.6 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 (4, 4 and 5 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 5.6, 4.3 and 5.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.1, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Michael Mayer 0.5 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 14.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against BUF.

By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Kenyon Sadiq played 43 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 6 against NE: 22 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 7 against MIA: 22 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 8 against LV: 31 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 9 against KC: 36 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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 AJ Barner over Michael Mayer.
• Start Brenton Strange over Michael Mayer.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Michael Mayer.
• Start AJ Barner over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Darnell Washington over Kenyon Sadiq.