Should I start Christian Watson or Ashton Jeanty in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Christian Watson's market-based projection is 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Ashton Jeanty's market-based projection is 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Christian Watson has been on the field for 77 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 66 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 3 of 8 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 8 of 10 targets for 113 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 9 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he carried 10 times for 22 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against LAR he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 8 of 8 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 18 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 1.2 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 and Ashton Jeanty RB11, which are two different ladders.

Christian Watson is a wide receiver and Ashton Jeanty a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Christian Watson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.