Should I start Jordan Watkins or Quentin Johnston in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 4:56 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Quentin Johnston over Jordan Watkins

- Market projects
- 7.0
- recent weeks avg
- BAL D vs WR
- 34.0
- 9th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 9

- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 35.6
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 9
Start Quentin Johnston: 83 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jordan Watkins's 76 percent of the snaps and 12 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.
Should I drop Quentin Johnston for Jordan Watkins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Watkins projects 27 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (3.4 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 14 (1.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Quentin Johnston over Jordan Watkins. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
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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.
WR62 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 150
WR64 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 153
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The gap
- Board size313 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 Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. 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 Quentin Johnston is 1.7 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.
Jordan Watkins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 56 percent of SF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.
In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 9, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 30 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against HOU he carried 1 time for 5 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.
He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.
That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.
He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Quentin Johnston was available for 10 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 11.1 a game between them.
Quentin Johnston had 82 more targets than Jordan Watkins, 85 to 3.
Quentin Johnston had 709 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 735 to 26.
This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 56 percent.
This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Jordan Watkins is off in Week 8 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Quentin Johnston for Jordan Watkins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Watkins projects 27 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (3.4 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 14 (1.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Quentin Johnston over Jordan Watkins. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
Should I drop Jordan Watkins for Quentin Johnston?
No. Keep Jordan Watkins: he projects 27 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (3.4 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 14 (1.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Quentin Johnston over Jordan Watkins.
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