Start Deshaun Watson or Brock Purdy? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Deshaun Watson over Brock Purdy
- Market projects
- 16.9
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Deshaun Watson over Brock Purdy in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 16.9 points and Brock Purdy at 16.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Deshaun Watson at 203.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 25.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (12, 16, 13 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Brock Purdy at 225.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 19.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 15 market sources).
That puts Deshaun Watson 0.3 points ahead of Brock Purdy on the market projections.
Injury status
Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.
Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 139 times and threw an average of 6.6 air yards per attempt.
Deshaun Watson, Week 1 against JAX: 51 of 51 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 205 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 6 carries for 38 yards.
Deshaun Watson, Week 2 against TB: 58 of 58 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 238 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 24 yards.
Deshaun Watson, Week 3 against CAR: 69 of 70 snaps, 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 9 carries for 47 yards.
Deshaun Watson, Week 4 against PIT: 64 of 64 snaps, 24 of 33 passes for 268 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 5 carries for 24 yards.
Through Week 4, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Brock Purdy, Week 1 against LAR: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.
He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB10 · CLE · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
QB12 · SF · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 87
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board7
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 5
- Board size222 draftable players
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