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Should I start Ted Hurst III or Deshaun Watson in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 3:16 PM ET.

Start Deshaun Watson: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ted Hurst III's 56 percent of the snaps and 9 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.

Ted Hurst III

WR51 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
8.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
122

Deshaun Watson

QB16 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 4-3

Market-based projection
13.6 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
123

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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 Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 258 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 53 of 258 dropbacks and scrambled 23 times.

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.

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.

Their last full seasons

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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

Side by side

Ted Hurst III 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

Ted Hurst III is off in Week 10 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

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