After 10 weeks of fantasy football, there are a fair number of question-mark assets — players who’ve done enough to warrant start consideration but are volatile enough to make such decisions difficult.
After fielding many queries on The Athletic’s Discord server about the many unknowns over the weekend, I decided to make rest-of-season predictions for some of fantasy’s head-scratchers.
Unless otherwise mentioned, the statistics below are from TruMedia/PFF, NFL Next Gen Stats or Stathead; PPR scoring is used for point totals.
Jameson Williams, WR, DET
Head coach Dan Campbell took over the Lions’ play-calling this week, and Williams posted a season-high 23.9 PPR points. It’s the second week in a row that Williams has posted a strong point total, but is this new pace sustainable down the stretch?
The answer is yes, but not for the reason you might think.
Williams is known as a downfield receiving threat, yet only 5.3 of his points in Week 10 occurred on vertical passes (aerials with 11+ air yards). Williams posted a week-leading 18.6 points on short throws — the 20th-highest short-pass point total for a wide receiver in 2025.
Some of that high point total was due to a favorable matchup, but Campbell wanted Williams more involved in the short-pass offense, and it led to a breakout performance. Get Jamo into lineups unless or until that trend changes.
Alvin Kamara, RB, NO
At the start of the 2025 season, 57 players in NFL history had tallied 2,000 or more scrimmage plays. Of those, only 43 reached the 2,300 mark — an attrition rate of nearly 25%. Move the number to 2,500, and the attrition rate spikes to nearly 37%. That’s how fast the age wall can hit once a player gets to this career work volume.
Kamara was one of those 57 players, and he may be hitting the wall this year. His 0.59 points per scrimmage play ranks dead last among running backs with 100 or more carries. It is by far his worst season-long showing in this metric. His previous low was 0.71 in 2022.
You may be asking, couldn’t this be a case of the Saints’ terrible offense holding Kamara back? That’s certainly possible, but Kendre Miller (0.64) and Devin Neal (0.79) both have higher points per scrimmage play marks than Kamara.
Once players hit the age wall, they usually can’t return to their previous levels. Kamara has been a low-ceiling RB3/flex this year and will likely remain so. Having said that, if there is an upside path for him, it might be in Weeks 13, 16 and 17 when the Saints have favorable rush defense matchups. Kamara may be worth a roster stash in deeper leagues to start in those games.
Jaxson Dart, QB, NYG
A common question I fielded this week was whether to sit a midrange QB1 and start Dart in his place. Dart has now posted 19+ points in five straight games. He’s done this largely on the strength of scoring rushing touchdowns in those games.
How replicable is that? Dart is only the eighth quarterback in NFL history to rush for touchdowns in five consecutive games. Thankfully, all seven other times occurred from 2020 to today.
The landscape is changing as rushing quarterbacks become more prominent, but it’s still not a given that it will continue unabated. That goes double since the Giants have three straight unfavorable rush defense matchups coming up, and Dart will be in the NFL’s concussion protocol this week
But when he plays, Dart’s rushing floor is no joke, regardless of the matchup. While I consider him a low-end QB1, his ceiling is higher, so don’t bench him for mid-tier QB1s.
Xavier Worthy, WR, KC
Worthy specializes in short-pass and red zone production, which has taken a hit since the return of Rashee Rice in Week 7. Worthy has scored only 24.1 points in the past three weeks.
So, has Rice taken Worthy’s place in this offense? In a word, no. Here’s why.
Worthy is still a primary player on short passes. He ranks second on the Chiefs in routes, third in targets and third in receptions at the level since Rice’s return.
Worthy is also tied for first in routes and ranked second in targets and receptions in the red zone.
Worthy’s role hasn’t changed. He’s lost ground since Rice has been more highly utilized, but WR usage can be cyclical in an Andy Reid offense. Given how well the Chiefs passing game has played of late, keep as much stock in this offense as you can. Look for Worthy to improve his fantasy point totals following Kansas City’s Week 10 bye.
Woody Marks, RB, HOU
Fantasy managers had high expectations for Marks following his 27.9-point breakout game against Tennessee in Week 4.
The rookie RB hasn’t lived up to that lofty standard, but let’s give him some credit. He is one of only six running backs to score 12.5 points in at least three games since Week 7. His 2.7-point outlier in that span occurred against a very tough Denver defense. Had Marks posted 12.5 points against the Broncos, he would be seen as a consistent RB2/flex candidate rather than a question mark.
Houston has favorable rush defense matchups in Weeks 11-12, and fantasy managers should get Marks into lineups over the next two weeks, even if only as a flex. However, in Weeks 13 and 14, Houston has two unfavorable rush defense matchups, which could (and should) land Marks on benches in many leagues.
Colston Loveland, TE, CHI
Loveland was a prolific pass-catching tight end at Michigan, but not in the NFL until Week 9, against Cincinnati, when Loveland scored 29.8 PPR points.
Some thought the matchup against the Bengals was Loveland’s breakout, but Cincy is abysmal in tight end coverage.
The Bengals have allowed 22.8 PPR points per game to tight ends this year — over 4 points more than the next-worst team. The Bengals have allowed 12 touchdown passes to tight ends, five more than any other team. Cincinnati has seen more tight end targets than any team in the league, and only one team has allowed more tight end receiving yards.
So, it should come as no surprise that Loveland excelled versus this extraordinarily favorable coverage. It should also come as no surprise that he returned to middling form with a 9.5-point showing against the Giants in Week 10. Since Chicago has only one favorable TE coverage matchup from here on out, expect Loveland to stay at the borderline-TE1/TE2 level.