Should I start Brock Bowers or Christian Watson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.6 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.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 26 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 7 of 10 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against SF he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Christian Watson has been on the field for 77 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 74 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 171 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Brock Bowers was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 1.4 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 and Christian Watson WR46, which are two different ladders.

Brock Bowers is a tight end and Christian Watson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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