Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Christian Watson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Ja'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 75 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 3 of 8 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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 5-6 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.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 6.4 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Christian Watson WR46.

Ja'Marr Chase had 130 more targets than Christian Watson, 185 to 55.

Ja'Marr Chase had 801 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 1412 to 611.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 75 percent.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Christian Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.