Deshaun Watson or Kyler Murray: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Deshaun Watson at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyler Murray at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deshaun Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyler Murray: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 139 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 139 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against TB he completed 24 of 30 passes for 238 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 24 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 84 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against GB he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 yards.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Deshaun Watson holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 73 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Kyler Murray is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Deshaun Watson.

What would change the answer

0.4 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.