Should I start Deshaun Watson or Fernando Mendoza in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Deshaun Watson's market-based projection is 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Fernando Mendoza's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Fernando Mendoza, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 5, Fernando Mendoza has been on the field for 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 9 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

Their last full seasons

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

Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 17 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Deshaun Watson is off in Week 11 and Fernando Mendoza in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.3 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.