Should I start Jordan Watkins or Brenton Strange in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 56 percent of SF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 76 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

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

Brenton Strange was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brenton Strange scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 8.7 a game between them.

Jordan Watkins is a wide receiver and Brenton Strange a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Watkins is off in Week 8 and Brenton Strange in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.