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Should I start Aaron Rodgers or Deshaun Watson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start

QB · PIT · at CIN

Market projects
16.5
fantasy pts
CIN D vs QB
18.4
14th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
43 of 100 at QB
Snap share
98%
Through Week 8
Sit

QB · CLE · vs HOU · Out

Market projects
14.4
recent weeks avg
HOU D vs QB
18.5
12th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share
99%
Through Week 8
Start Rodgers or Watson? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson in Week 10. Watson is listed out.

Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Aaron Rodgers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Rodgers projects 115 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

QB7 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs pass yds line 5-3

Overall rank
15

QB15 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 5-3

Overall rank
136

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 16.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Aaron Rodgers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 311 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 48 of 311 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 6 against TB he completed 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 7 against NO he completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 8 against CLE he completed 13 of 24 passes for 172 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 8, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 65 of 306 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.

In Week 6 against BAL he completed 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 29 yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he completed 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 19 yards.

In Week 8 against PIT he completed 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 98 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deshaun Watson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Aaron Rodgers?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Rodgers projects 115 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Deshaun Watson?

    No. Keep Aaron Rodgers: he projects 115 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.

Should I drop Deshaun Watson?

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