Start Kenyon Sadiq or Pat Freiermuth? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Pat Freiermuth over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Pat Freiermuth at 6.7 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 5.1, a gap of 1.6. 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 6.7 fantasy points for Pat Freiermuth, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 0.3 touchdowns (11 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 Pat Freiermuth 1.6 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

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, Pat Freiermuth has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 7 against NO: 34 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 8 against CLE: 31 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

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