Sit Kyren Williams in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 7.7 projected points lands 3.3 under the RB starter line.
- Projection
- 7.7 pts
- RB rank
- #14
- Matchup
- at ARI
Kyren Williams's fantasy role in Week 10
Kyren Williams goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a locked-in weekly starter at RB for the LAR. He is rostered in 100% of leagues and actually started in 95% of them, and we rank him RB14 on our own weekly board at 7.7 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 ARI. 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 RB baseline of 11 points, his 7.7-point projection is 3.3 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Kyren Williams in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 7.7 projected points lands 3.3 under the RB starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another RB, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Kyren Williams (LAR RB), our RB14 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at ARI, projecting 7.7 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 3.3 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. He's still in 95% of lineups at 100% rostered, which is exactly the trap I'm trying to talk you out of. The projection sits about 30% under what a startable RB 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 Kyren Williams (LAR RB), our RB14 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at ARI, projecting 7.7 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina plays contrarian — with 95% start rate he's priced in, and she cares more about his floor than his name. The at ARI draw matters here — road snaps against ARI shape how often he's asked to do something. He's still in 95% of lineups at 100% rostered, which is exactly the trap I'm trying to talk you out of. Tina keeps him at Mild until the usage says otherwise.