As always, we have our main NFL Week 10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire article that covers every position at the surface level. But Fantasy Alarm members often play in deep leagues that require additional levels of research and nuance. That’s where this article comes in. We take things a step further to look at those deep fantasy football streamers you might need to keep your team afloat. And we also look at the top fantasy football stashes who might not be able to help us right now, but could contribute to a championship down the road!

Best Fantasy Football Streamers and Stashes For 2025 NFL Week 10

What is a Streamer?

A streamer is a player you can currently start in your lineup. They might not be the flashiest players, but they won’t get you a zero. In deeper leagues with a lot of starting spots, you may need to call on them from time to time - especially when bye weeks and injuries come around.

What is a Stash?

The stashes are players that have appealing upside for one reason or another, but aren’t reliable guys you can start now. Maybe they are injured, and you can put them in an IR spot. Maybe they are handcuffs that could have a big upside if the starter gets hurt. Maybe they are rookies who need time to develop and carve out a role. Whatever it is, we want to keep an eye on them. And stash them on deep benches. 

 

 

 

Week 10 Quarterback Streamers To Target

J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings 

Yahoo: 29% | ESPN: 25% | Sleeper: 25%  

As we mentioned in the main article, we’d prefer Sam Darnold if he’s out there still (Joe Flacco is on bye). But Darnold has been picked up in a lot of leagues. So McCarthy offers the best combination of availability, streamability, and long-term upside. So we’re looking to him if necessary. 

Justin Fields, New York Jets 

Yahoo: 45% | ESPN: 42% | Sleeper: 35% 

If Fields was dropped over his bye week, he’s absolutely on the streaming radar. That’s especially true in leagues with 4-point passing touchdowns, where he is far more valuable. Forty rushing yards and a rushing TD get you into double-digit points even without any passing stats at all, and that’s always possible for a guy like Justin Fields with his athleticism. 

NFL Week 10 Quarterback Stashes

J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings 

Yahoo: 29% | ESPN: 25% | Sleeper: 25%  

McCarthy is also our top stash - in this quarterback waiver environment, there isn’t a whole lot of hope out there. You have to try to give yourself some kind of shot at upside if you don’t have it. 

Marcus Mariota, Washington Commanders 

Yahoo: 5% | ESPN: 5% | Sleeper: 10%   

There is a longer write-up in the main article, so this one doesn’t need to be long. Marcus Mariota is likely starting the rest of the season for the Commanders. And he’s willing to run. The willingness to run alone creates upside in fantasy football at the quarterback position. 

 

 

 

NFL Week 10 Running Back Streamers

Kenneth Gainwell, Pittsburgh Steelers

Yahoo: 35% | ESPN: 50% | Sleeper: 45%

Our top PPR streamer has been Tyjae Spears. But he’s on bye this week. So Kenneth Gainwell is the next man up for full PPR formats. The setup that the Steelers like right now is to have Jalen Warren get most of the carries, then split the pass-work with Kenneth Gainwell. But the low aDot approach of Arthur Smith and Aaron Rodgers has actually provided for plenty of dump downs for everyone. That creates a decent floor most weeks for Gainwell with the bonus upside of being the handcuff to Warren.

Devin Singletary, New York Giants

Yahoo: 5% | ESPN: 5% | Sleeper: 28%

Usually, we would use Tyler Allgeier here in standard leagues. But Allgeier really only gets decent looks when the Falcons are playing with a lead. And I do not expect the Falcons to have a lead for much of this week's game against the Indianapolis Colts. Singletary quietly got 10 touches, including eight carries, in the Giants' first game without Cam Skattebo. Tyrone Tracy, being a little banged up, might have contributed to that, but maybe he’s still dealing with his issue. 

NFL Week 10 Running Back Stashes

Emanuel Wilson, Green Bay Packers

Yahoo: 9% | ESPN: 9% | Sleeper: 23%

Emanuel Wilson remains one of our top stash options. Josh Jacobs has dealt with some ailments, and that’s allowed us to see just enough of Wilson to like what we’ve seen. Who knows if or when we’ll ever see Marshawn Lloyd, so Emmanuel Wilson becomes a handcuff in a strong situation where the starter is already less than 100%. D’Andre Swift was playing hurt for a couple of weeks until all of a sudden, he was out - then we saw what Kyle Monangai could do. 

Isaiah Davis, New York Jets

Yahoo: 14% | ESPN: 9% | Sleeper: 34%

If Breece Hall doesn’t get traded today, Isaiah Davis goes back to being just a normal injury handcuff, and he’s a lot less appealing. But we’re holding until the deadline hits later today, and then maybe we’re dropping for the next best guy. Will update the two waivers articles based on any major news. 

Blake Corum, Los Angeles Rams 

Yahoo: 9%| ESPN: 7% | Sleeper: 14%

No change here. Guys like Tyler Allgeier and Brian Robinson are obvious. But Blake Corum also needs to remain on our radar due to Sean McVay’s willingness to heavily feature his top back. It doesn’t give him much standalone value, but he has big upside as a pure handcuff. 

 

 

 

NFL Week 10 Wide Receiver Streamers

Parker Washington, Jacksonville Jaguars

Yahoo: 18% | ESPN: 5% | Sleeper: 27%

This guy gets priority for us in this section because he’s more than just a one-week streamer. He jumped right into the role that Travis Hunter was in, playing slot in three wide receiver sets and flanker in two wide receiver sets. As long as Travis Hunter is out, Washington is likely a streaming option for us. And Hunter is on IR now, so he needs to miss a minimum of three more games. 

Darius Slayton, New York Giants 

Yahoo: 35% | ESPN: 15% | Sleeper: 28%

Our thought process from last week to this week has not changed on Slayton. In fact, the matchup is a little bit better, even. This is a full-time wide receiver on a team that lacks weapons. Jaxson Dart is going to have to let it fly, and the high aDot role for Slayton means he could catch a chunk play at any point. He had a massive TD called back on some nonsense in the Eagles game, which has kept his ownership numbers reasonable. 

Alec Pierce, Indianapolis Colts 

Yahoo: 27% | ESPN: 12% | Sleeper: 28%

We’ve said it week in and week out - Alec Pierce is the Tyler Allgeier of wide receivers. Always there on the streaming radar if you need him. He keeps connecting on his big plays, so, unfortunately, he might get added in a lot more leagues where he won’t always be there for us when we need him. He deserves to be rostered in more leagues, but we like having him in our back pocket. 

 

NFL Week 10 Wide Receiver Stashes

Tory Horton, Seattle Seahawks

Yahoo: 5% | ESPN: 7% | Sleeper: 14%

We’ve been stashing Tory Horton where we can for weeks. And, as we mentioned in the main article, we finally got to see what it looks like without Cooper Kupp. We’ll be starting him again if Kupp is out again. But we’re stashing him anyway just to see if maybe he’s earned himself a bigger role week to week. He’s clearly got more juice than Cooper Kupp at this stage. 

Kyle Williams, New England Patriots

Yahoo: 2% | ESPN: 1% | Sleeper: 6%

The comments from Mike Vrabel following this week’s game suggest that Kyle Williams really only played more this week because Kayshon Boutte was hurt. But he also praised how Williams has learned multiple roles and is ready to step up. Either way, Boutte could miss some time, and we’d like to see if maybe we can catch lightning in a bottle with the rookie second-round pick. These guys sometimes take time to carve out a role, but they have the unknown upside that comes with being a rookie. 

 

 

 

NFL Week 10 Tight End Streamers

Juwan Johnson, New Orleans Saints

Yahoo: 35% | ESPN: 33% | Sleeper: 24%

Juwan Johnson was our top streaming option in our article last week. And you better believe he is again this week against the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers have been the worst team vs. the tight end this season, per FTN Fantasy’s DVOA stat, which attempts to account for different levels of matchups. Juwan is over the ankle injury he suffered vs. the Bills and has three straight weeks of double-digit PPR points. Maybe the Saints will trade a wide receiver before the deadline and make Juwan even more appealing, who knows. 

Theo Johnson, New York Giants

Yahoo: 33% | ESPN: 33% | Sleeper: 22%

We actually have the same two options as our streamers for two weeks in a row here. If it ain't broke, don’t fix it, right? Johnson had a brutal stretch of tight end matchups playing the Eagles, Broncos, and then the Eagles again. But in his first game on the other side of that, he rewarded us with a touchdown. Now he gets an even better matchup this week.

NFL Week 10 Tight End Stashes

Mason Taylor, New York Jets 

Yahoo: 20% | ESPN: 15% | Sleeper: 24%

Fantasy gamers don’t respect the tight end position (or quarterback or DST or kicker). So they’ll just drop whoever when they go on their bye week. They don’t care that Mason Taylor led his team in routes run before the bye. They don’t care that he led them in targets. They don’t care that he has a soft schedule. They just saw that he was on bye and they dropped him. So we’ll scoop him up and see what the rookie has. 

Greg Dulcich, Miami Dolphins

Yahoo: 0% | ESPN: 0% | Sleeper: 0%

I get it. And you don’t have to do it. But I’m going to in my deeper leagues. I don’t care about the floor. Worrying about the floor is what stopped folks from rostering guys like Darren Waller and Oronde Gadsden weeks ago when we told you to sneak them on the bench. Then you either needed to pay up on waivers or you didn’t get them at all. We have no clue how much time Darren Waller will miss. Waller himself slowly got ramped up in snaps, and his targets got ramped up along the way. In his second game, Dulcich led the tight end group in routes run, and this time got five targets. We want to see what next week looks like.

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