Should I start Jordan Watkins or Zach Charbonnet in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 2.5 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 Zach Charbonnet is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, Zach Charbonnet has been on the field for 47 percent of SEA snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ARI he carried 16 times for 77 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zach Charbonnet was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 10.2 a game between them.

Jordan Watkins is a wide receiver and Zach Charbonnet a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Watkins is off in Week 8 and Zach Charbonnet in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.