Matthew Stafford or Christian Watson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Stafford at 20.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Christian Watson at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 59th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 169 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 169 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against NYG he completed 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Matthew Stafford was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 7.8 a game between them.

Matthew Stafford finished QB3 and Christian Watson WR46, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Stafford is a quarterback and Christian Watson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

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

7.5 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.