Start MarShawn Lloyd or Khalil Herbert? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Khalil Herbert over MarShawn Lloyd in Week 10.

MarShawn Lloyd is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Khalil Herbert. Market coverage on Khalil Herbert is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.6 fantasy points for Khalil Herbert, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Khalil Herbert is 10 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (6 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 13 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (7 and 6 market sources).

That puts MarShawn Lloyd 1.0 points ahead of Khalil Herbert on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Khalil Herbert and ATL host KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 42 more yards.

MarShawn Lloyd and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Khalil Herbert has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Khalil Herbert is not on the injury report.

MarShawn Lloyd is listed as out with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Khalil Herbert played 17 percent of ATL snaps, took 9 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Herbert, Week 7 against SF: 11 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Khalil Herbert, Week 8 against TB: 10 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Khalil Herbert, Week 9 against CIN: 11 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards.

Through Week 8, MarShawn Lloyd played 35 percent of GB snaps, took 35 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 5 against CHI: 27 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2 touchdowns.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 6 against DAL: 30 of 75 snaps, 8 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 7 against DET: 24 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 8 against CAR: 11 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Khalil Herbert played 7 games for NYJ and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He ran 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Austin Ekeler over Khalil Herbert.
• Start Corey Kiner over Khalil Herbert.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Khalil Herbert.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Keaton Mitchell over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Pierre Strong Jr. over MarShawn Lloyd.