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Should I start Deshaun Watson or Jacoby Brissett in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 1:56 PM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start

QB · ARI · vs LAR

Market projects
14.7
fantasy pts
LAR D vs QB
16.8
12th fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share
94%
Through Week 8
Sit

QB · CLE · vs HOU

Market projects
12.9
fantasy pts
HOU D vs QB
18.5
12th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
87 of 100 at QB
Snap share
99%
Through Week 8
Start Brissett or Watson? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Jacoby Brissett over Deshaun Watson in Week 10: 14.7 to 12.9 projected PPR points.

Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Jacoby Brissett?

Not on these numbers alone. Deshaun Watson projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 7 games) and Jacoby Brissett 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jacoby Brissett over Deshaun Watson, 14.7 to 12.9 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

QB17 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 5-3

Market-based projection
15.2 pts a game

QB18 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 4-4

Market-based projection
15.0 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference0.3 points a game
  • Board size313 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Deshaun Watson's market-based projection is 15.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Jacoby Brissett's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 215 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 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

This season through Week 8

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 8, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 94 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 61 of 331 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he completed 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 16 yards.

In Week 8 against DAL he completed 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 94 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.3 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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Jacoby Brissett?

    Not on these numbers alone. Deshaun Watson projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 7 games) and Jacoby Brissett 107 (15.3 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jacoby Brissett over Deshaun Watson, 14.7 to 12.9 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Deshaun Watson?

    Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 107 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 7 games) and Deshaun Watson 105 (15.0 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jacoby Brissett over Deshaun Watson, 14.7 to 12.9 projected PPR points.

Both players in full

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