Christian Watson or Stefon Diggs: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Stefon Diggs's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 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 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 0.9 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

Stefon Diggs had 47 more targets than Christian Watson, 102 to 55.

Stefon Diggs had 402 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 1013 to 611.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 59 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Stefon Diggs is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.