Start Christian Watson or Blake Corum? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Christian Watson over Blake Corum in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 14.0 points and Blake Corum at 8.6, a gap of 5.4. Blake Corum's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 39.5 rushing yards, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (17 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.0 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Christian Watson at 67.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (17, 12 and 18 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 5.4 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Christian Watson was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Blake Corum played 32 percent of LAR snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 3, Christian Watson played 82 percent of GB snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian Watson, Week 1 against MIN: 52 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 147 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian Watson, Week 2 against NYJ: 53 of 59 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian Watson, Week 3 against ATL: 53 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 96 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Christian Watson played 10 games for GB and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 493 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Christian Watson scored 7.7 PPR points and Blake Corum scored 3.1.

The call was right: Christian Watson outscored Blake Corum by 4.6.

Christian Watson finished 6.3 points below the 14.0 the market projected.

Christian Watson, Week 4 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards, 7.7 PPR points.

Christian Watson finished as the week's WR55 in PPR scoring.

Blake Corum finished 5.5 points below the 8.6 the market projected.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 3.1 PPR points.

Blake Corum finished as the week's RB55 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

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• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Christian Watson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Christian Watson over Bucky Irving.
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