Christian Watson or Jakobi Meyers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 185 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 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 64 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 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 5.5 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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 2.3 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Jakobi Meyers had 55 more targets than Christian Watson, 110 to 55.

Jakobi Meyers had 224 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 835 to 611.

Their snap share this season is the same, 79 percent each.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.5 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.