Sometimes fantasy football feels like a weekly science experiment gone wrong. One minute you’re mixing the perfect lineup formula, the next you’re covered in the radioactive fallout of a three-point dud. Week 10 is no different, with injuries, bye weeks, and unexpected breakout candidates all bubbling over. Fortunately, our Featured Pros have donned their lab coats (and helmets) to identify which players deserve a start in your lineup and which ones might just blow up your matchup for all the wrong reasons.
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Fantasy Football Week 10 Start/Sit Advice
Sleepers
Which player outside of the top 100 in the FantasyPros Flex rankings is a good sleeper start, and why do you think he has upside this week?
AJ Barner (TE – SEA)
“All the attention in Seattle in the passing game obviously goes to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, but tight end AJ Barner has been starting to contribute in a big way for this team over the last few weeks. The Seahawks run a ton of 2-TE sets every single week, which means Barner is on the field a lot, and once the offense gets down into the red zone, the young tight end has become a favorite of Sam Darnold‘s. Against a below-average Arizona Cardinals defense, Barner should feast over the middle of the field throughout the entire game.”
– Aidan Weingartner (Fantasy In Frames)
Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU)
“Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz is the perfect sleeper in Week 10. Schultz sits around TE18 in the rankings and is well beyond the Flex radar. Yet, he faces a Jacksonville defense that surrenders fantasy points to tight ends by the boatload. With Nico Collins and Christian Kirk both nursing injuries, Schultz soaked up 21 targets for 199 yards over the last three weeks, making him C.J. Stroud‘s (or Davis Mills‘) safety net. The Jaguars have been gashed by tight ends all year, and Schultz already torched them for 12.1 PPR points in their last meeting. In a game script that should feature plenty of short passes and red-zone looks, Schultz has legit TE1 upside at a fraction of the roster cost. Fire him up with confidence.”
– Aaron St Denis (Fantasy Sports Advice Network)
Duds
Which player inside the top 40 in the FantasyPros Flex rankings is likely to disappoint fantasy managers this week?
TreVeyon Henderson (RB – NE)
“TreVeyon Henderson is currently inside the top 40 of Flex rankings. Based on the fact that New England seems to hate him and Rhamondre Stevenson could be back, I’m not going to be as high as the consensus on this one. Henderson has had his best fantasy performances of the year in the last two weeks. His golden opportunity turned into 10.50 points. He’s a borderline Flex play, not a top-40 Flex play.”
– David Heilman (Sports Gambling Podcast Network)
“TreVeyon Henderson was supposed to take over the backfield with Rhamondre Stevenson sidelined in Week 9. He ended up being in a committee with Terrell Jennings and only managed 15 carries to Jennings’ 11, plus Jennings scored the Patriots’ rushing touchdown. New England’s offense runs through Drake Maye, and the run game appears to be a committee approach, which is excellent for NFL teams but terrible for fantasy owners. Henderson was a preseason darling and still is a top 40-ranked player for Week 10, but will let owners who lean on him in the RB1 or RB2 role down.”
– Adam Dove (The Fantasy Couriers)
“Patience is running very thin with TreVeyon Henderson, and a lot of the reasons are not his fault. In a week where he was slated for the featured role with no Rhamondre Stevenson for the Patriots, Henderson received 18 touches, only for Terrell Jennings to receive 12 touches and snipe a touchdown away from Henderson. Perfect. Mike Vrabel, for some reason, has refused to take the training wheels off of Henderson despite how good he has looked in limited time this year. If Stevenson plays, obviously, Henderson would be downgraded massively, but even if Stevenson is out, it is hard to trust Henderson even in a fantastic matchup versus Tampa when his coach is not there yet with him.”
– Ed Birdsall (Talking Points Sports)
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