Should I start Chase Brown or Christian Watson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chase Brown, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 5; 2QB: ADP 19.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 3.9 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chase Brown has been on the field for 70 percent of CIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 4 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 13 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 9 times for 10 yards, caught 11 of 11 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 13 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 143 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chase Brown played 17 games and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He carried 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 more yards.

That came to 13.6 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 4.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 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.

Chase Brown was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chase Brown scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 3.4 a game between them.

Chase Brown finished RB7 and Christian Watson WR46, which are two different ladders.

Chase Brown is a running back 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

Chase Brown is off in Week 6 and Christian Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.