Christian Watson or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 14.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 7 of 10 targets for 96 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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 5.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 0.3 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 69 more targets than Christian Watson, 124 to 55.

Courtland Sutton had 406 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 1017 to 611.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 78 percent.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.5 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 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 market price when it does.