Start Michael Mayer or Tommy Tremble? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Michael Mayer over Tommy Tremble in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Michael Mayer at 5.7 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.7, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.7, 5.3 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.7 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 (10, 10 and 7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 4.7, 5.3 and 4.2 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Michael Mayer 1.0 points ahead of Tommy Tremble 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.

Tommy Tremble and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 16.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 65 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Tommy Tremble has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble 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, Tommy Tremble played 57 percent of CAR snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 8 against GB: 44 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 9 against DEN: 46 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 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 Gunnar Helm over Tommy Tremble.