Sit Brenton Strange in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 4.8 projected points lands 2.2 under the TE starter line.
- Projection
- 4.8 pts
- TE rank
- #10
- Matchup
- at TEN
Brenton Strange's fantasy role in Week 10
Brenton Strange goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a deep-league TE flyer for the JAX. He is rostered in 49% of leagues and actually started in 23% of them, and we rank him TE10 on our own weekly board at 4.8 projected points.
Roster rates are steady week over week, so his role looks settled rather than in flux.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 10 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at TEN. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 1 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting TE baseline of 7 points, his 4.8-point projection is 2.2 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Brenton Strange in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 4.8 projected points lands 2.2 under the TE starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another TE, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Brenton Strange (JAX TE), our TE10 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at TEN, projecting 4.8 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 2.2 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. 23% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. The projection sits about 31% under what a startable TE returns, so I can't pretend the price tag matches the output. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Brenton Strange (JAX TE), our TE10 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at TEN, projecting 4.8 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 2.2 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. The projection sits about 31% under what a startable TE returns, so I honestly can't pretend the price tag matches the output. On the road against TEN, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Mild on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.