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Fantasy football start em, sit em SNF lineups advice for Steelers vs. Chargers on Sunday Night Football in Week 10 (2025). NFL matchups analysis and SNF starts/sits.
The Week 10 Sunday night matchup features a pair of AFC squads with their eyes firmly fixed on the postseason, as the Steelers travel to the West Coast to take on the Chargers.
Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers come in on the heels of their most impressive win of the season - a 27-20 Week 9 victory over the Colts. Justin Herbert's Bolts have won three of their last four, but must adjust to life without star tackle Joe Alt, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury last week.
We will bring you Sunday Night Football analysis all season, focusing on who to start, who is on the fence, and who should find the bench. Let's dive into this SNF matchup for Week 10 of the season. Good luck in 2025 fantasy football, RotoBallers!
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Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Chargers
Sunday November 9, 8:20 PM ET
Notable Fantasy Injuries:
- None
Matchups We Love
Justin Herbert has been one of the best fantasy QBs over the last three weeks. He has finished as a top-4 QB in three consecutive games and thrown 10 touchdowns over his last four contests. For that reason alone, Herbert is a must-start QB1. He also gets a favorable matchup against a Steelers defense that is allowing over 345 passing yards per game since Week 7.
Justin Herbert is putting up MVP numbers behind one of the WORST O-lines in football:
🔷 1st — QB rushing yards
🔷 1st — completions
🔷 2nd — passing yards & TDs
🔷 3rd — PFF grade
Should he be in the MVP conversation? pic.twitter.com/NlLTmIjeFl— LAFB Network (@LAFBNetwork) November 7, 2025
Chargers WRs
Both McConkey and Quentin Johnston are fantastic starts in Week 10. The Steelers have allowed the most fantasy points, most receiving yards, and most receptions to opposing WRs this year. That's enough to make McConkey and Johnston solid starts in most leagues. As for Keenan Allen, it might be best to avoid him after he saw just 18 snaps in Week 8 and 24 snaps in Week 9.
TE Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden will remain a strong TE1 option for fantasy managers in Week 10. He has finished as a top-10 fantasy TE in three straight games, and his role in the offense continues to expand. Now, he gets a matchup against a Steelers defense that ranks 30th in fantasy points allowed, 29th in receiving yards allowed, and 30th in receiving touchdowns allowed per game to opposing TEs.
Matchups We Hate
RB Kimani Vidal
Kimani Vidal has been a hit-or-miss fantasy option since Omarion Hampton has gone down. He has finished as a top-10 fantasy RB twice and outside the top-26 at the position twice as well. So, which Vidal will show up on Sunday?
Unfortunately, it might be the latter, considering the Steelers rank top-10 in both fantasy points allowed and rush touchdowns allowed to the position this year. So, Vidal is a lower-end RB2.
WR DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf has been a bit disappointing in recent weeks. He has finished outside the top-40 at the WR position in two of the past three games and only has three top-24 WR finishes through nine weeks. So, Metcalf will be more of a WR3 this week against a Chargers secondary that has let only two WRs finish as top-20 options since Week 6.
WR1 🟡 ⚫️
DK Metcalf on Steelers Receivers not getting frustrated with the lack of targets:
“Y’all might get frustrated with that We don’t. We are just trying to win.”#steelers
🎥Steelers pic.twitter.com/CsBT00cR7T
— Matthew Luciow (@matthewluciow92) November 6, 2025
Other Notable Matchups
Aaron Rodgers will enter the week as a QB2 in Superflex formats. He has finished as a top-14 fantasy QB just once since Week 2, and his 211 passing yards per game rank as the QB22. So, fantasy managers shouldn't start him in most one-quarterback leagues.
Aaron Rodgers through his first 8 games as a 41 year old:
1,692 yards
17 TD’s (3rd in the NFL)
5 INT’s
5-3 (1st place in the division) pic.twitter.com/xB3SWshOJv— Baku 🐧 (@Mazursky8895) November 3, 2025
Jaylen Warren will come in as a solid RB2 play against the Chargers. He is coming off his first career two-touchdown game and continues to lead this Pittsburgh backfield. Given that the Chargers have allowed seven rushing touchdowns since Week 5, Warren is in a good spot heading into Week 10.
Pittsburgh Steelers Start/Sit Matchups
See the full stats in our Fantasy Football Matchup Ratings Projections
| Player | Start/Sit | Matchup Rating ▾ |
Game Matchup |
| Jaylen Warren, RB | Start | 110.3 | @ LAC |
| Aaron Rodgers, QB | Start | 108.2 | @ LAC |
| DK Metcalf, WR | Start | 106.7 | @ LAC |
| Chris Boswell, K | Start | 105.2 | @ LAC |
| Calvin Austin III, WR | Risky Start | 103.3 | @ LAC |
| Pat Freiermuth, TE | Risky Start | 102.2 | @ LAC |
| Jonnu Smith, TE | Sit | 100.9 | @ LAC |
| Kenneth Gainwell, RB | Sit | 100.3 | @ LAC |
| Pittsburgh Steelers, DEF | Sit | 98.7 | @ LAC |
| Darnell Washington, TE | Sit | 97.2 | @ LAC |
| Roman Wilson, WR | Sit | 95.3 | @ LAC |
| Kaleb Johnson, RB | Sit | 94.2 | @ LAC |
| Connor Heyward, TE | Sit | 91.8 | @ LAC |
| Scotty Miller, WR | Sit | 91.7 | @ LAC |
Los Angeles Chargers Start/Sit Matchups
See the full stats in our Fantasy Football Matchup Ratings Projections
| Player | Start/Sit | Matchup Rating ▾ |
Game Matchup |
| Ladd McConkey, WR | Start | 117.7 | vs. PIT |
| Justin Herbert, QB | Start | 115.7 | vs. PIT |
| Oronde Gadsden, TE | Start | 111.1 | vs. PIT |
| Kimani Vidal, RB | Start | 109.1 | vs. PIT |
| Quentin Johnston, WR | Start | 108.9 | vs. PIT |
| Cameron Dicker, K | Start | 107.3 | vs. PIT |
| Keenan Allen, WR | Risky Start | 103.9 | vs. PIT |
| Los Angeles Chargers, DEF | Risky Start | 102.7 | vs. PIT |
| Jaret Patterson, RB | Sit | 100.9 | vs. PIT |
| Tyler Conklin, TE | Sit | 100.4 | vs. PIT |
| Will Dissly, TE | Sit | 100.2 | vs. PIT |
| Tre' Harris, WR | Sit | 97.9 | vs. PIT |
| Trey Lance, QB | Sit | 94.1 | vs. PIT |
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