Start Deshaun Watson or Carson Beck? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Deshaun Watson over Carson Beck in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 12.9 points and Carson Beck at 10.4, a gap of 2.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 210 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns, 28 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (12, 14, 12 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Carson Beck, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carson Beck is 179 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns, 15 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (4, 5, 4 and 3 market sources).

That puts Deshaun Watson 2.5 points ahead of Carson Beck on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Deshaun Watson and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 263 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against HOU, with 0.4 interceptions a game.

Carson Beck and ARI host LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 199 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.9 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Deshaun Watson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Carson Beck is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Deshaun Watson played 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Deshaun Watson, Week 5 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 33 passes for 155 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 6 against BAL: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 29 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 7 against TEN: 70 of 70 snaps, 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 19 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 8 against PIT: 66 of 70 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 3 yards.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Carson Beck.
• Start Cam Ward over Carson Beck.
• Start Daniel Jones over Carson Beck.