The Tennessee Titans will face the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 10. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine.
Is Nick Westbrook-Ikhine Playing in Week 10?
Westbrook-Ikhine is not listed on the injury report this week, so barring any setbacks, he will play this weekend.
We’ll continue to monitor the Titans’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Nick Westbrook-Ikhine in Week 10?
Touchdowns aren’t sticky for most. That’s the case even less often when the team rarely scores. But every once in a while, we get a player like Nick Westbrook-Ikhine — a spreadsheet-breaking, logic-defying outlier.
Fun stuff.
Westbrook-Ikhine has now scored in four straight games — an undrafted player has had a longer streak before turning 28 years old only four times since 2016 (Robert Tonyan, Tyrell Williams, Robbie Chosen, and Allen Lazard). That’s an ultra-cherry-picked list, but it’s impressive nonetheless.
In those four games, the Titans have mustered just 33 points on non-NWI touchdowns. To call this profile thin would be undershooting it; Westbrook-Ikhine has seen just 16 targets over this stretch.
I said it last week and was wrong, but I’m doubling down. You’re chasing production if you’re locking in Westbrook-Ikhine, and I think it burns you sooner rather than later.
Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Week 10 Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 10
As of Sunday, Westbrook-Ikhine is projected to score 9.5 fantasy points in PPR formats. This includes 2.9 receptions for 37.8 yards and 0.5 touchdowns.
Check out the free PFN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.
PFN Insight on the Chargers’ Defense
The Los Angeles Chargers’ defense continued its strong performance in 2024 in Week 9 by holding the Cleveland Browns to just 10 points. This was their fourth time holding an opponent to 10 points or fewer and their eighth game in which they stopped their opponent from scoring over 20 points. Therefore, it is no huge surprise that they lead the league in terms of points per drive at 1.1.
cThis Chargers unit has been fairly good in most aspects, but their biggest area of concern is that they are ninth in sack rate and just 27th when it comes to getting pressure without blitzing. Compared to all the others, those two numbers stand out as an area they will need to be more effective in as their schedule gets tougher in the coming weeks.
Do you want more insight on all other defensive units across the NFL? Head over to our PFN Defense+ Rankings for analysis on all 32 teams.
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine’s Week 10 Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship WR PPR Rankings
1) A.J. Brown | PHI (vs. WAS)
2) Terry McLaurin | WAS (at PHI)
3) DeVonta Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
4) Khalil Shakir | BUF (at KC)
5) Xavier Worthy | KC (vs. BUF)
6) Hollywood Brown | KC (vs. BUF)
7) DeAndre Hopkins | KC (vs. BUF)
8) Keon Coleman | BUF (at KC)
9) Dyami Brown | WAS (at PHI)
10) Mack Hollins | BUF (at KC)
11) Amari Cooper | BUF (at KC)
12) Curtis Samuel | BUF (at KC)
13) Olamide Zaccheaus | WAS (at PHI)
14) JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC (vs. BUF)
15) Jahan Dotson | PHI (vs. WAS)
16) Jamison Crowder | WAS (at PHI)
17) Luke McCaffrey | WAS (at PHI)
18) Justin Watson | KC (vs. BUF)
19) Johnny Wilson | PHI (vs. WAS)
20) Parris Campbell | PHI (vs. WAS)
21) Nikko Remigio | KC (vs. BUF)
22) Ainias Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
Tennessee Titans at Los Angeles Chargers Insights
Tennessee Titans
Team: The Titans are allowing a league-low 1.75 deep completions per game this season (the Chargers rank 24th in deep passes completed per game, 2.50).
QB: Over the past two weeks, Mason Rudolph is averaging 12 yards per completion. In Week 9, per our QB+ metric, he graded out better than Aaron Rodgers and Josh Allen.
Offense: Tennessee is turning the ball over a league-high 2.13 times per game this season.
Defense: The Titans own the sixth best defense in the league in terms of success rate (62.1%).
Fantasy: The Titans are a tough watch, but Tony Pollard’s role is nothing short of elite – he has multiple catches in every game and at least 16 carries in seven of eight.
Betting: The Titans went 0-2 ATS on the road in October and are 2-9 ATS on the road over their past 11 – both of those covers came against the Dolphins. They are not playing the Dolphins this week.
Los Angeles Chargers
Team: The Chargers continue to flirt with it, but they’ve yet to see 40 points scored in a game this season (32-39 points scored in all four games since the Week 5 bye).
QB: Justin Herbert has 910 passing yards over his past three games (first five games: 815 passing yards).
Offense: This season, the Chargers are 5-0 when they clear 15 points.
Defense: By total defensive EPA, the Chargers are the best defense in the league (18% better than the second-place Minnesota Vikings).
Fantasy: J.K. Dobbins is averaging 13.8 yards per carry on touchdowns this season and 4.5 on carries that don’t end up in the end zone.
Betting: Unders are 9-2 in the Chargers’ past 11 home games (3-0 this season, with each of those games going under the total by at least 7.5 points).
