Sit Tetairoa McMillan in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 8 projected points lands 2 under the WR starter line.
- Projection
- 8 pts
- WR rank
- #10
- Matchup
- at NO
Tetairoa McMillan's fantasy role in Week 10
Tetairoa McMillan goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a locked-in weekly starter at WR for the CAR. He is rostered in 98% of leagues and actually started in 86% of them, and we rank him WR10 on our own weekly board at 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 NO. 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 WR baseline of 10 points, his 8-point projection is 2 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Tetairoa McMillan in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 8 projected points lands 2 under the WR starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another WR, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Tetairoa McMillan (CAR WR), our WR10 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at NO, projecting 8.0 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 2 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. He's still in 86% of lineups at 98% rostered, which is exactly the trap I'm trying to talk you out of. He grades 20% below the average weekly WR number, which is a floor problem more than a ceiling one. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Tetairoa McMillan (CAR WR), our WR10 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at NO, projecting 8.0 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina plays contrarian — with 86% start rate he's priced in, and she cares more about his floor than his name. Nothing in the projection defends him — 20% below positional par is a bench line for me. The at NO draw matters here — road snaps against NO shape how often he's asked to do something. Mild on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.