Should I start Christian Watson or Rome Odunze in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Christian Watson's market-based projection is 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Rome Odunze's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Christian Watson has been on the field for 77 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 66 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 8, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 2 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 14.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against SEA he caught 4 of 6 targets for 87 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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rome Odunze was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 1.1 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Rome Odunze WR41.

Rome Odunze had 35 more targets than Christian Watson, 90 to 55.

Rome Odunze had 50 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 661 to 611.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 77 percent.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Christian Watson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.6 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.