Deshaun Watson or Chris Rodriguez Jr.: who to draft first
Both players' season price from the sportsbooks, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Sep 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM ET
The sportsbooks price Deshaun Watson 7.6 points a game ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr. this season, and that is the order this page leads on. Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, so there is no current draft order to give between them: the books' price is the live market on these two.
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QB24 · CLE · bye 11
- Books price
- 12.4 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
RB45 · JAX · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 6-7
- Books price
- 4.8 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Price difference7.6 points a game
- Board size242 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
What the sportsbooks price
The player markets price Deshaun Watson at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.
The player markets price Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 167th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Deshaun Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 166.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Rodriguez Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 173.
This season through Week 1
Through Week 1, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 30 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 30 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.
In Week 1 against JAX he completed 16 of 22 passes for 205 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 38 yards.
Through Week 1, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 40 percent of JAX snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.
In Week 1 against CLE he carried 6 times for 23 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.
The season feed carries no line for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in the last completed season.
Side by side
Deshaun Watson is a quarterback and Chris Rodriguez Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Deshaun Watson is off in Week 11 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
7.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.
The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.
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