The Yahoo Fantasy Football crew reveals their boldest takes for Week 10. Check out what Scott Pianowski, Matt Harmon, Ray Garvin, Justin Boone and Joel Smyth have to say.
Jaxson Dart finishes as the QB1 overall in Week 10
Dart has been an outstanding fantasy option since taking over as the Giants’ starter, posting weekly finishes as the QB11, QB16, QB3, QB3, QB13 and most recently, the QB7. Though he’s flirted with the top spot, this will be the game where he actually accomplishes the feat. The Bears are allowing the sixth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks and have been hit hard by mobile QBs, giving up 53 yards to Tyler Huntley and 52 to Jayden Daniels in the last month. Meanwhile, Dart has been a menace on the ground with at least 55 rushing yards and/or a rushing touchdown in each of the past six outings. After delivering in much tougher matchups, Dart is about to dominate against his easiest opponent yet. — Justin Boone
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Emeka Egbuka returns to the spotlight, ends week as WR1 overall
There seems to be a slight cooling on the tenor around the Bucs’ dynamic rookie receiver after two slow weeks prior to the team’s bye week. Egbuka hasn’t taken a step back as a player in isolation; he and Baker Mayfield just had a couple of narrow misses against Detroit and the team didn’t need to do much to beat the Saints in Week 8. Egbuka was also playing through a hamstring injury that should have been a multi-week absence. Now likely fully healthy with a week off, and still no Chris Godwin Jr. to split targets with, Egbuka will return to his previous dominant form. The Patriots are a slight pass funnel defense given how good they are against the run. He gets at least eight targets in this matchup against the Patriots’ corners and will find his way into the end zone at least once. — Matt Harmon
Sam LaPorta will outscore all the tight ends this week
He’s in fine form, scoring three times in four games and coming off last week’s useful 6-97-1 line against the Vikings. And now he gets to attack a Washington defense that’s been hammered by tight ends of late — two Seattle TEs scored last week, Travis Kelce had a 6-99-1 party in Week 8 and Jake Ferguson posted seven catches and two touchdowns in Week 7. Detroit has a 29.5 team total posted for this game, so the Lions offense in general is a good ticket. Look for LaPorta to be driving the bus on game day. — Scott Pianowski
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Kyle Pitts finishes as a top-5 TE in Week 10
The Colts have turned into a brick wall against the run, ranking top three over the last four weeks, so Atlanta will need to win through the air. Bijan Robinson can still pop, but the cleaner path is attacking Indy’s coverage. With Sauce Gardner now in the building, there’s extra attention on Drake London, which forces the ball to the middle, where Kyle Pitts Sr. can go to work on safeties and linebackers. The usage screams breakout. Over the last four games, Pitts ranks second among tight ends in routes and second in targets, and that kind of volume eventually cashes. The matchup helps, too. Over the past month, the Colts have allowed 110.3 receiving yards per game to tight ends, which is near the top of the league and exactly the kind of funnel we chase. Red-zone looks tilt back Pitts’ way, he stacks chunk gains off play-action and the touchdown finally follows the volume. — Ray Garvin
Jaylin Lane turns in a top-24 finish against the Lions
Jaylin Lane earned a season-high 25% of the targets in Week 9 and will take the field on Sunday without Terry McLaurin or Luke McCaffrey. The lack of options should elevate the Commanders’ rookie, even with the switch back to Marcus Mariota. OC Kliff Kingsbury has dialed up play-action for the veteran QB on 30.2% of his dropbacks. Detroit’s secondary has allowed the fourth-highest passing success rate on those concepts. Plus, they’ve surrendered the fourth-most yards after the catch per reception to slot receivers over their last six games. In the five games without McLaurin, Lane has led the Commanders in air yards and is just behind Deebo Samuel Sr. in yards per route run. With Samuel and Zach Ertz occupying the short area of the field, intermediate shots to their speedy interior receiver should result in a WR2 finish for the rookie. — Chris Allen
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Michael Pittman Jr. has a single-digit performance after 3 straight 15+ point weeks
Michael Pittman Jr. has been the king of consistency in the first half of 2025. As Daniel Jones’ primary short-area and red-zone target, Pittman has scored 14+ points in five of nine games this season (10+ in seven of nine). The Falcons’ pass defense is tough in general, but specifically for Pittman. Even after a couple of poor performances, Atlanta’s allowing 158 pass YPG on average, the best in the NFL. A.J. Terrell will line up across the Colts’ WR1 close to 50% of the time, on top of the Falcons’ league-high 53% Cover 3 rate, which favors Alec Pierce far more (over 2x better per route) than Pittman, who’s seen a decrease of 57% in fantasy points per route versus the Falcons’ base defense. It’s hard not to start Pittman, but don’t be shocked if he disappoints (for once). — Joel Smyth