Should I start Deshaun Watson or Bryce Young in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 3:26 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Deshaun Watson: Questionable to Out (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Deshaun Watson: Listed Questionable (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 10 verdict
Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson
- Market projects
- 15.2
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 18.4
- 13th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 9
- 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 Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson in Week 10: 15.2 to 14.4 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Watson is listed out.
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Bryce Young 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.
QB16 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 5-3
- Overall rank
- 197
QB20 · CAR · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 201
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The gap
- Board size307 draftable players
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 Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
The market-based projections
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.
The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 1.0 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.
Deshaun Watson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
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.
Through Week 9, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 339 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.
In Week 7 against TB he completed 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 9 yards.
In Week 8 against GB he completed 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 9 against DEN he completed 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 13 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.
In 2025 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.
He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 96 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Deshaun Watson is off in Week 11 and Bryce Young in Week 5, 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 Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
Should I drop Bryce Young for Deshaun Watson?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson is listed out.
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