Should I start Deshaun Watson or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 11:26 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Deshaun Watson and Tanner McKee are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 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 Tanner McKee for Deshaun Watson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Deshaun Watson projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).

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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

QB12 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank: 87

Tanner McKee

QB13 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 88

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The gap

Board size301 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 each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 16.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 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 through Week 6

Through Week 6, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 220 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 46 of 220 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

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.

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.

Through Week 6, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Deshaun Watson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Deshaun Watson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Deshaun Watson projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Deshaun Watson: he projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).