Welcome to Week 10. The NFL trade deadline actually delivered this year - Sauce Gardner to the Colts, Quinnen Williams to the Cowboys, Rashid Shaheed to the Seahawks - and a few of those moves could quietly shift the fantasy landscape.

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The Everything Report Week 10

Scott Barrett reviews all the fantasy football usage from 2025 NFL Week 9, with everything you need to know for Week 10

Rico Dowdle is the savior. Rico Dowdle has fully broken out as one of fantasy football’s biggest steals, averaging 26 carries, 4 targets, 204.7 scrimmage yards, and 31.5 FPG across his three starts. Even with a healthy Chuba Hubbard last week, Dowdle dominated with a 74% snap share and 76% of backfield XFP, producing 141 yards and two TDs on 5.2 YPC. He now ranks 3rd in the league in both rushing yards (735) and YPC (5.61), proving he’s not just a volume play but legitimately efficient…and our team at Fantasy Points might have called this.

With Dave Canales’ offense historically fueling RB1 production and Carolina leading the NFL in carries, Dowdle’s workload projects to 18.4 XFP/G, behind only Christian McCaffrey and Jonathan Taylor, making him a top-7 rest-of-season RB and a likely league-winner. Congrats if you managed to roster him.

What to make of Kyle Monangai? Kyle Monangai broke out in Week 9, posting season-highs in snap share (74%), carry share (84%), and XFP (22.3) - the best marks by a Bears RB since Week 1 - while rushing for 176 yards (99 after contact) on 6.8 YPC. He’s already pushed for a 65/35 split with D’Andre Swift before the injury and could maintain lead duties if Swift remains limited. With a favorable Week 10 matchup against a Giants defense allowing the 4th-most schedule-adjusted FPG to RBs, Monangai could solidify a major role going forward.

The Tetairoa McMillan problem. Tetairoa McMillan continues to flash elite talent, ranking top-10 in team receiving yardage share (33.2%) - better than Ja’Marr Chase as a rookie - and top-12 in first downs per route run (0.120), trailing only Rice, Nacua, and London among recent rookies. His long-term outlook is phenomenal, but short-term production is capped by Carolina’s offense.

Bryce Young has surpassed 200 passing yards just once this season, and the Panthers rank dead-last in PROE (-5.8%) as they lean on the run game behind Rico Dowdle. With game scripts unlikely to force high passing volume, McMillan profiles as a fringe top-20 WR for now, while Dowdle looks like the more valuable redraft piece.

Find league winners & more in The Everything Report Week 10.

Week 10 Starts/Sits

Graham Barfield lists the stats you need to help make your toughest lineup decisions for Week 10.

Start Zay Flowers. In four full games with Lamar this season, Flowers has turned his 27 targets into a clean 21/295/1 receiving. His 27% target share and 2.7 yards per route run are borderline WR1-worthy. Flowers and Jackson have crushed blitzes to the tune of 12/169 receiving on 14 targets this year.

Start Stefon Diggs. After a three-week ramp-up to start the season, Diggs and Maye’s connection has been on fire. Over their last six games, Diggs has turned his 38 targets (25% share) into a stellar 32/396/2 receiving. Diggs is a WR2 with a WR1 ceiling this week without Kayshon Boutte (hamstring).

Start Cade Otton. Over his last seven games without Mike Evans and/or Chris Godwin on the field, Otton has piled up 46/449/2 receiving (14.7 PPR FPG | ~TE5). The Patriots have been weaker against TEs, allowing the ninth-most yards per game (63.6).

Sit Rashid Shaheed. He likely plays a part-time role in his debut with Seattle. Shaheed won’t earn as many targets in Seattle as he did in New Orleans, but Darnold is dealing. He leads all QBs in yards per game and completion rate over expected off of deep passes. Shaheed gets to reunite with his OC from last year, Klint Kubiak.

Sit Jacory Croskey-Merritt. With Jeremy McNichols playing on the majority of passing downs and Chris Rodriguez mixing in, we’re left with Croskey-Merritt as a low-floor, game-script dependent RB3/FLEX. Detroit plays the run well. The Lions allow just 3.8 YPC and a 44% success rate.

Sit Keenan Allen. With rookie TE Oronde Gadsden playing a full-time role, it has boxed Keenan Allen out. Allen has been involved in just 50% and 51% of the Chargers' pass plays over the last two games.

Read the full article for advice on who to start & sit throughout the entire Week 10 slate.

Houston Texans (67%) vs JAX. The number one scoring defense in the NFL, Houston boasts the fewest points and yards against. Nobody really knows which Trevor Lawrence will show up week to week, and Houston has forced a turnover in five straight games, per Drake’s Week 10 Streaming D/STs.

Stack the Bears QB/WR duo. Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze are in a prime bounce-back spot against a Giants defense that plays man coverage at the league’s highest rate (40.6%) and is a top-5 pass funnel. Odunze thrives against man, commanding a 31.2% target share and averaging 26.6 DK points in his two man-heavy matchups this season. Williams also excels versus man coverage, ranking top-6 in efficiency, per Heath’s Week 10 Advanced Matchups.

All Systems Go! Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown vs. Commanders DBs. St. Brown and the Lions’ WRs get an ideal matchup against a banged-up Commanders secondary that’s allowing the 3rd-most fantasy points to slot receivers and could be forced to start depth pieces out of position. Sam Darnold just cooked them, and Jared Goff excels in similar play-action looks. St. Brown is a locked-in WR1, while Jameson Williams offers big-play upside in this vulnerable matchup, per Dolan’s Week 10 WR/CB Fantasy Matchups.

Trends & Trades

Players to trade/trade for, risers & fallers & more

Buy Trey Benson. Trey Benson is eligible to return soon, and now’s the time to buy low before his value rises. Even if he sits another week, his post-Seattle schedule is favorable, making him a smart stash if you can trade from depth, per Hansen’s Week 10 Players to Trade/Trade For.

Sell Chase Brown. He might be back, thanks mainly to Joe Flacco, but Samaje Perine also got hurt in Week 9, and he could easily return to the mix after their bye this week. He’s got a bye this week, then he’s got three matchups in a row that don’t look great, per Hansen’s Week 10 Players to Trade/Trade For.

Jump on Bucky Irving. Bucky Irving remains a strong stash despite his injury. Before going down in Week 4, he averaged 18.3 fantasy points per game on solid volume (16.8 expected), showing clear feature-back usage even with mediocre efficiency. If he returns soon, that workload makes him a prime target for a second-half breakout, per Menton’s Trading Guide: Week 10.

Outlook: Look to buy (if we get any confirmation he returns soon) based on the Buccaneers getting lineman Luke Goedeke back in conjunction with Irving (Example: George Pickens)

💸 Best Bets

• De’Von Achane over 60.5 rushing yards (-110, ESPNBet). He’s topped 62+ yards in six of his last seven games and already posted 62 against Buffalo earlier this season. The Bills allow 5.12 YPC and the eighth-most rushing yards per game to RBs and Gordon is banged up, per Brolley’s Best Bets Week 10.

• Week 10 TD Props per Kelley’s Paul’s Props and Touchdowns: Week 10:

  • Emeka Egbuka (+110, Bet365)

  • Saquon Barkley (+110, FD)

• Need to find some defensive props? Read: Defensive Player Prop Bets: Week 10.

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