Should I start Christian Watson or George Pickens in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Christian Watson has been on the field for 77 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 74 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 8 of 10 targets for 113 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 171 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, George Pickens has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 6 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

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 5-6 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.

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 3.9 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 82 more targets than Christian Watson, 137 to 55.

George Pickens had 818 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 1429 to 611.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 77 percent.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

George Pickens is listed as out on the injury report.