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Should I start Deshaun Watson or C.J. Stroud in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET.

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Deshaun Watson and C.J. Stroud are too close to call on usage: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 96 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Deshaun Watson for C.J. Stroud?

Yes, on the rest of the season. C.J. Stroud projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). Deshaun Watson is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Deshaun Watson

QB15 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 5-3

Overall rank
136

C.J. Stroud

QB17 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 6-2

Market-based projection
16.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
155

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has C.J. Stroud at 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Deshaun Watson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 65 of 306 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.

In Week 6 against BAL he completed 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 29 yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he completed 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 19 yards.

In Week 8 against PIT he completed 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 3 yards.

Through Week 9, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 98 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 304 times and thrown 9.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 41 of 304 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he completed 17 of 28 passes for 153 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

In Week 9 against LAC he completed 21 of 35 passes for 384 yards, threw 5 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 98 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Deshaun Watson is off in Week 11 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deshaun Watson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Deshaun Watson for C.J. Stroud?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. C.J. Stroud projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). Deshaun Watson is listed out.

  • Should I drop C.J. Stroud for Deshaun Watson?

    No. Keep C.J. Stroud: he projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games), Deshaun Watson 109 (15.5 a game over 7 games). Deshaun Watson is listed out.

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