Fantasy Football Week 10 Quarterback Preview: Dak Prescott replacements, DFS plays, and more

The big story at quarterback for Week 10 is the fact that Dak Prescott is going to miss multiple weeks with a hamstring injury. Prescott is 97% rostered as of Tuesday morning and he was started in 60% of leagues in Week 10, so that makes a lot of teams looking for a streamer. To make matters worse, Jordan Love and Geno Smith are both on bye. 

That likely means at least three teams are looking for a new starter this week, and in the waivers section below you'll find two quarterbacks that I rank inside the top 10 in my Week 10 projections, and are rostered in less than 60% of leagues. But your best option may be to go buy low on a guy who could be QB1 rest of season.

C.J. Stroud has had a very bad run. He's only thrown one touchdown pass in his last three games and he's only topped 200 yards passing in one of those games. For the season he's averaging 16.9 PPR FPPG, which ranks 21st at the position. But help is on the way. We're projecting a Week 10 return for Nico Collins, which gives Stroud an excellent chance to return to the top 12 in Fantasy.

Stroud was QB10 for the first four weeks of the season with a healthy Collins and led the league in passing yards per game as a rookie with a receiving corps that looked very similar to what he'll have down the stretch. Tank Dell, his number two, has looked healthier over the last couple of weeks and may finally be hitting his stride in his recovery from the broken leg he suffered last year. He also has three of the top five matchups for quarterbacks remaining on his schedule. 

Stroud is rostered everywhere, but he was only started in 35% of leagues this past week, so there's a good chance the Fantasy manager who has him has the depth at the position to deal him. Offer a small improvement at another position or better yet some of your bench depth. The best should be yet to come.

As always, you can find my projections for every position over at Sportsline.

Let's get to the rest of the preview:

Week 10 QB Preview

• 13.55 -- Stroud has averaged 13.55 yards per attempt when targeting Collins this season. He's averaged 6.23 yards when throwing to anyone else.
• 20.2 -- Aaron Rodgers has averaged 20.2 FPPG in the three games since Davante Adams arrived in New York.
• 342 -- Geno Smith's 342 attempts are 40 more than any other QB. I'm trying to hold him through his bye.
• 56.8% -- The Chargers pass rate has increased to 56.8% over the last month. Justin Herbert is back in consideration as a weekly starter.
• 9.3 -- Lamar Jackson leads all qualifying QBs at 9.3 yards per attempt. He's also averaging six yards per rush.
• 15.6% -- 15.6% of Joe Flacco's passes have been off target this season. Only Bryce Young and Anthony Richardson have a higher off-target rate.
• 11.5% -- Sam Darnold leads the NFL with an 11.5% explosive play per drop back rate.

My full set of Week 10 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. You'll find them here. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don't live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 9. Projected stats for all starting running backs are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.