Week 10 Fantasy Football Winners
Week 10 is behind us, the season is halfway over, but there is much football left to be played. The Ravens seem to be back to their dominant ways, defeating the Vikings in Minnesota. The Colts bounced back, closing out the Falcons in OT in Berlin on Sunday morning. There were a lot of huge team wins, but only a few crazy individual performances. However, the MVP race is heating up, the playoff picture is starting to take shape, and some contenders are showing flaws that seemed inconceivable just a handful of weeks ago. Here is a list of some winners in fantasy football from the 10th week of the 2025 NFL Season.
RB Jonathan Taylor – (49.6 Fantasy Points)
There is no typo. Jonathan Taylor scored 49.6 fantasy points in Germany. The front-runner for the 2025 NFL MVP had his fifth hat-trick of the season, recording 286 total scrimmage yards and three touchdowns. Taylor, unfortunately, did not break his personal record of 53.4 fantasy points from 2021, but still tormented not only the Atlanta Falcons but also opponents facing him in fantasy. In terms of fantasy points scored, the current RB1 has surpassed his end-of-season totals in all but that 2021 season. Averaging an astounding six yards per carry, Taylor is not only making a case for MVP, but breaking all of LaDanian Tomlinson’s 2006 campaign statistics. With 1,139 yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground, Taylor only needs 676 yards and 13 touchdowns over the next seven games to tie the 2017 Hall of Fame inductee. Taylor and the Colts are on a bye week in Week 11, so expect him to continue winning games for fantasy owners when the Colts travel to Kansas City in Week 12.
RB De’Von Achane – (40.5 Fantasy Points)
In a shocking upset, the Miami Dolphins not only defeated the Buffalo Bills, but did so by almost 20 points. There were a handful of factors that played into the final score, including costly Buffalo turnovers and a long Jaylen Waddle touchdown, but no one player had a larger impact in this game than Dolphins RB De’Von Achane. Achane put up 174 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries, while adding 51 receiving yards, catching all six of his targets. Without Tyreek Hill on the field, the offensive weight gets put on Waddle, Tua Tagovailoa, and Achane. Waddle can only be good as Tua, and Tua has not been playing up to par, leaving Achane to take the brunt of the workload. While this performance looks like a career best, Achane scored over 51 points in a 2023 70-20 win over the Broncos. Achane must be starting in lineups for his ceiling, but his floor is extremely dependent on how the Dolphins feel that week.
RB Jahmyr Gibbs – (38.2) and WR Jameson Williams (23.9 Fantasy Points)
The Lions waltzed into Washington, with President Trump in the broadcaster’s booth, and showed no mercy against an ailing Commanders team. Jahmyr Gibbs recorded his own hat trick with two rushing and one receiving touchdown on 19 touches and 172 total yards. David Montgomery still had an impressive outing with 71 yards, but Gibbs stole the show with a 43-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Jameson Williams also stole the show, not for scoring long touchdowns, but for being open often. Williams brought in six of his seven targets for 119 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown was from 14 yards away, making some defenders miss as he crossed the field, but his longest catch was 41 yards. Gibbs is obviously a start-worthy player, but Williams has shown multiple times this season that he can score more than 20 in a game and then follow it up with less than five fantasy points.
RB TreVeyon Henderson – (28 Fantasy Points)
TreyVeyon Henderson continued to shine on the football field in the absence of Antonio Gibson, who tore his ACL in Week Five, and Rhamondre Stevenson, who suffered a toe injury in Week Eight. Henderson took a handful of snaps in the Week Eight win over Cleveland after Stevenson’s early exit and then recorded back-to-back career-highs in carries with 14 in each game. However, the Week 10 win over Tampa Bay proved special because it was the rookie's first 100-yard game and the first two-score game in his career. Henderson has shown coaches, players, and fans his potential against a competent Bucs defense. Henderson had a knee issue entering Monday’s practice on a short week, but logged a full practice on Tuesday ahead of Thursday's matchup against the Jets. With Stevenson logging limited practices, it seems that Henderson will take the majority of carries for one of the hottest teams in the AFC. Especially with the Jets trading away their two defensive stars in Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams, Henderson can be a confident flex play, assuming Stevenson does not suit up for Thursday Night Football.
QB Matthew Stafford – (26.9 Fantasy Points)
Matt Stafford sneaks onto this list of winners purely on the fact that he has been on a tear with consistency, finishing four of the last five weeks, not including his bye, as a QB8 or better. With 2,400 yards, 25 touchdowns, and only two interceptions, Stafford is making a case for MVP based on efficiency alone. After his Week 10 performance of 24 for 36 with 280 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions, it marks the third consecutive game with four or more touchdowns and no interceptions, and the fifth time this season. It feels like Stafford is due for an interception soon after his last was thrown in Week Three, but he is still in the top tier of starting-caliber QBs. His worst game in terms of fantasy production was in the 17-3 win over the Ravens when he had 181 yards, one touchdown, and one interception, totaling just under eight fantasy points. Considering Stafford has negative nine yards on 24 carries and is still the QB7 is astounding and reason enough to put the future Hall of Famer in starting lineups for the foreseeable future.
Honorable Mentions
Seahawks D/ST – (21) and Jets D/ST – (20 Fantasy Points)
It would feel wrong if the two highest-scoring defensive units did not make an appearance on this list. Unless you force an unimaginable number of turnovers, it seems impossible to score this many points. The Seahawks destroyed the Cardinals in the first half, allowing Seattle to lay off the gas towards the end. All in all, Seattle recorded five sacks, two fumble recoveries, both for touchdowns scored by former Cowboy Demarcus Lawrence, and only allowed 22 points. As for the Jets, they did not force a turnover, but sacked Dillon Gabriel six times, allowing only 20 points to the Browns, but added a kickoff and punt return touchdown. The Seahawks are the only starting-worthy defense out of the two listed here for two reasons: they do not force turnovers, and they just traded away their two best defensive players for a haul of draft picks. If the Seahawks are on waivers, pick them up. If the Jets are on waivers, tell your league mates to pick them up, then maybe you could snag the player they drop.
