Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 10 Matchups to Consider
First and foremost, a huge shoutout to my fellow veterans this Veterans Day. Fantasy football isn’t anything like military service, but there is some crossover. Both are overloaded with acronyms, have their own unique camaraderie, and depending on the time of year, you will find yourself away from home and in different time zones. In Week 10, we have some players on a temporary duty assignment (bye week), so it’s time to get in the trenches and get dirty. Don’t worry, I’ll be your battle buddy, and we will get through this together.
Here are some matchups and players to consider heading into Week 10:
Quarterbacks
Drew Lock
QB • SEA
In Week 9’s 17-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals (or, as Jason would say, the Cradinals), Drew Lock didn’t do much. Failing to deliver in a juicy matchup (Arizona allows the second-most fantasy points to QBs) shouldn’t give you much confidence in him as a streaming option. But I am not entirely sure Seattle wants him doing much more than managing the game and letting the defense do what it does best: dominate. With a 40.5-point O/U, Vegas doesn’t seem to expect much offense, either.
Typically, my threshold for a good streaming QB is 200 yards and two TDs. Anything over that is just icing on the cake. Lock gets another easy layup this week when Seattle faces the Raiders on the road. And with the bye week coming up, this may be the last time we see Lock take the field in 2026.
Kirk Cousins
QB • MIN
Here is a little peek behind the curtain into my process for finding matchups to consider each week. I try to find players fantasy managers are unsure about, mainly because I am too. I also like looking for easy and tough matchups to give people more confidence in their lineup decisions, even if it’s bad news. One thing I have managed to avoid so far is writing about the same player twice… until now.
I feel like Kirk Cousins is an exception since he has been traded. Back home in Minnesota after three years away, I’m excited to see him suit up in white, purple, and gold again. Currently, Kirko Chainz is the QB5. The last time we saw him as a Viking, before his catastrophic Achilles tear, he was the QB6 through eight weeks. Like the 49ers, whom Cousins played in Week 9, the Packers are a tough road matchup. I get the excitement around his reunion with Minnesota, but things change quickly in the NFL, and I would rather wait for a better matchup before putting him in my lineup.
Running Backs
Jadarian Price
RB • SEA
Do not confuse this article with a start/sit article. It’s about matchups to consider, and I think Jadarian Price is worth considering in Week 10. Personally, I am backed into a corner and forced to start him, for better or worse. The good news is that he has been used in the passing game, with four targets in each of the last two games. Since Price’s return, it has basically been him and Zach Charbonnet.
Charb’s return has been the biggest obstacle, and seeing his utilization go up week after week doesn’t give me much confidence in Price. The silver lining is the Raiders. After facing tough defenses that rank third, 11th, and 18th in schedule-adjusted matchups against RBs, Price now gets a Raiders defense that ranks 27th. Again, I am forced into the start, but given the Raiders’ inability to stop RBs and Fernando Mendoza making his first career start, we could see more of the Seattle run game than expected.
Corey Kiner
RB • NE
Bonjour! Or should I say hallo. The Patriots face the Lions in Munich, Germany, this weekend in what should be yet another fun international matchup. Vegas has the O/U at 51.5, which is fantastic, but what does that mean for New England’s RBs? Rhamondre Stevenson leads the team with 102 rush attempts, followed by TreVeyon Henderson and Corey Kiner at 52 and 50, respectively. Lan Larison has the fourth-most rush attempts among Patriots RBs, with three.
Stevenson is going to miss a few weeks, and Henderson is out indefinitely. That elevates 24-year-old Kiner into the starting RB role for the first time in his professional career. Most of Kiner’s fantasy points come on the ground, so I would knock him down a bit in PPR leagues. Still, with plenty of work coming his way and a matchup against a Lions defense that ranks 14th against RBs when adjusting for schedule, Kiner has a real opportunity in front of him.
Audric Estimé
RB • NO
Straight off the couch, the Saints claimed Audric Estimé on Tuesday and threw him out against the Cleveland Browns in a revenge game, and he delivered! 16 opportunities, 77 yards, and a TD fresh off waivers? That’s pretty great. I do not think there’s another position in football where you can sign a guy and have him produce right away like you can at RB. Now, Estime gets another chance to shine against the Panthers, who are the fourth-easiest matchup for RBs. With four stud RBs on bye and many others dealing with injuries, I think Estime has every opportunity to showcase his talents as long as Travis Etienne is sidelined.
Wide Receivers
Caleb Douglas
WR • MIA
After being left for dead by draft analysts and fantasy football enthusiasts this summer, rookie Caleb Douglas has looked like the real deal, even with bad QB play. With Malik Willis going on IR and Kyle McCord getting his first taste of NFL action, Douglas may have more bad QB play coming his way. In his final year of college, McCord set ACC single-season records for passing yards and completions. Naturally, he set several single-season records for Syracuse too, including passing TDs. Even with that success, McCord wasn’t drafted until the sixth round of the 2025 draft.
So we know Douglas can be successful, with 70 or more yards in three of his five starts, but can we trust McCord? Or will he pull a Joe Fagnano and make every weapon on the team disappear? With plenty of good matchups ahead, I would rather wait and see than roll the dice in Indianapolis this week.
Keenan Allen
WR • SF
It is not often you get to write about a future Hall of Fame player like Keenan Allen, and I am not sure how many more chances I’ll get. Keenan sits eighth on the all-time receptions list, with sixth place just eight receptions away. The 49ers making moves for a WR makes me wonder about the health of Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel. If they suit up, that could limit Keenan’s opportunities in his first week with the team, but with a FIFTY-FIVE-point O/U thanks to Dallas’ weak defense, it is hard not to want a piece of the action in this game.
Konata Mumpfield
WR • LAR
With Puka Nacua and Davante Adams sidelined, someone needs to step up. Konata Mumpfield is someone Andy and I have both had our eyes on. he has made some big catches at times, but so has Tutu Atwell, who has run about the same number of routes per game. I honestly think the TEs benefit the most from the Rams’ recent injuries, but against Arizona, we will probably see even more Kyren Williams and Blake Corum. The Ballers have Kyren firmly in their top 10 and Corum not too far outside of it. Neither Puka nor Adams is expected back after just one week, so we should eventually get a better idea of who the main pass catcher will be. Right now, though, we are kind of shooting in the dark.
Tight Ends
Hunter Henry
TE • NE
My apologies if you have heard this before, but the Detroit Lions STINK against TEs. They are dead last against them, and with A.J. Brown‘s status uncertain, Hunter Henry could go from a solid start to a great one if Brown sits. Yes, Brown is traveling with the team to Germany, but per Mike Vrabel, that doesn’t mean he will play. Henry has lost a little work to rookie TE Eli Raridon, who I think is quite good, but that might just be the delusional Pats fan in me talking. Like many TEs, you really need a TD, but in this high-scoring game against a defense that cannot stop TEs, I think he could easily find the end zone.
Darren Waller
TE • CAR
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob! Broncos fans that traveled to NC didn’t need to visit the zoo to see a walrus last Sunday. They saw one doing tricks at Bank of America Stadium, putting up 90 receiving yards and a TD. Admittedly, that performance came out of nowhere. Waller still has some juice left, even at 34 years old (can’t say the same about me), and his 6-foot-6 frame hasn’t changed. It’s a 48.5-point O/U, so the points should be there, but another huge performance from Waller is tough to predict, and chasing last week’s points feels like fool’s gold.