Should I start Tyrone Tracy or Deshaun Watson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 7:26 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Deshaun Watson: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tyrone Tracy's 25 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the carries. 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 Tyrone Tracy 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), Tyrone Tracy 32 (3.2 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.

Tyrone Tracy

RB49 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Overall rank: 133

Deshaun Watson

QB21 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank: 134

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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 Tyrone Tracy, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyrone Tracy is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 13.7 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.

Tyrone Tracy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tyrone Tracy has been on the field for 15 percent of NYG snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 6 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 27 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyrone Tracy played 15 games and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.

He carried 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 more yards.

That came to 11.7 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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

Tyrone Tracy is a running back and Deshaun Watson a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyrone Tracy is off in Week 8 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tyrone Tracy 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), Tyrone Tracy 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Tyrone Tracy?
No. Keep Deshaun Watson: he projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).