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Should I start Deshaun Watson or Cam Ward in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 9:26 AM ET.

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Deshaun Watson and Cam Ward are too close to call on usage: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Cam Ward for Deshaun Watson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Deshaun Watson projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.5 a game over 7 games), Cam Ward 99 (12.4 a game over 8 games). 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.

Deshaun Watson

QB16 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 5-3

Overall rank
120

Cam Ward

QB17 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs pass yds line 4-4

Overall rank
121

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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 Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

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 Cam Ward 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.

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

This season through Week 8

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 8, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 278 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 278 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 8 against CIN he completed 26 of 40 passes for 304 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 41 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Cam Ward holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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

Deshaun Watson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Cam Ward for Deshaun Watson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Deshaun Watson projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.5 a game over 7 games), Cam Ward 99 (12.4 a game over 8 games). Deshaun Watson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Cam Ward?

    No. Keep Deshaun Watson: he projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.5 a game over 7 games), Cam Ward 99 (12.4 a game over 8 games). Deshaun Watson is listed out.

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