Start Theo Johnson or Noah Fant? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Noah Fant over Theo Johnson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Noah Fant at 2.6 points and Theo Johnson at 2.1, 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 Noah Fant this week yet, so his 2.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (3.5 and 1.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Noah Fant yet. His market-based projections were 3.5 and 1.8 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 2.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 2.1 fantasy points for Theo Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Theo Johnson is 6 receiving yards and 0.1 touchdowns (11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Noah Fant 0.5 points ahead of Theo Johnson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Noah Fant 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.

Theo Johnson and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.

By points allowed to the position, Theo Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Theo Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Noah Fant played 50 percent of NO snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 7 against PIT: 26 of 57 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 9 against CLE: 35 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Through Week 9, Theo Johnson played 33 percent of NYG snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Theo Johnson, Week 3 against TEN: 11 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 4 against ARI: 22 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Theo Johnson, Week 5 against WAS: 43 of 89 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 9 against PHI: 12 of 67 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Theo Johnson played 15 games for NYG and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 341 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Theo Johnson over Austin Hooper.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Theo Johnson.
• Start Drew Sample over Theo Johnson.