Should I start Deshaun Watson or Christian Kirk in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Deshaun Watson's market-based projection is 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Christian Kirk's market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 117th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Kirk, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 220 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 46 of 220 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

In Week 4 against PIT he completed 24 of 33 passes for 268 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 24 yards.

In Week 5 against NYJ he completed 15 of 33 passes for 155 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Christian Kirk this season.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Christian Kirk played 13 games and scored 57.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR100.

He caught 28 of 52 targets for 239 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 54 percent catch rate and 9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Deshaun Watson is a quarterback and Christian Kirk a wide receiver, 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. No bye is listed for Christian Kirk.

Christian Kirk is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

6.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.