Davante Adams or Christian Watson: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 68.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Christian Watson, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Christian Watson has been on the field for 83 percent of GB snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 2 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 6 of 8 targets for 147 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 11 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 5.5 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.

Davante Adams was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 2.7 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Christian Watson WR46.

Davante Adams had 59 more targets than Christian Watson, 114 to 55.

Davante Adams had 178 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 789 to 611.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 59 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 28 percent each.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Christian Watson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.