Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Deshaun Watson in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 12:36 AM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Deshaun Watson: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylen Waddle's 69 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets. 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.
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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.
WR30 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 76
QB9 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 17.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 77
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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 Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jaylen Waddle, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Deshaun Watson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 5
Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.
His 31 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.
In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 183 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 183 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.
In Week 3 against CAR he completed 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 9 times for 47 yards.
In Week 4 against PIT he completed 24 of 33 passes for 268 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 24 yards.
In Week 5 against NYJ he completed 15 of 33 passes for 155 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.
He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.
Side by side
Jaylen Waddle is a wide receiver and Deshaun Watson a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Both players in full
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