Christian Watson or Quinshon Judkins: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 50th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Quinshon Judkins at 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 60th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room has them

Christian Watson goes at ADP 3, an average pick of 49.8, and the board has him WR11 in tier 7.

His earliest recorded pick is 35 and his latest 65, a standard deviation of 7.9 picks.

He appears in 278 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

Over 14 days drafters have taken Watson 6.7 picks earlier.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 69.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 70.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 66 percent of CLE snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against JAX he carried 12 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 12 times for 21 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 27 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 1.9 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Christian Watson is a wide receiver and Quinshon Judkins a running back, 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

1.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.