Start Christian Watson or Courtland Sutton? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian Watson over Courtland Sutton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 14.8 points and Courtland Sutton at 8.3, a gap of 6.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.8 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 44% chance to score a touchdown (5, 5 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 32.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 6.5 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on the market projections.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Christian Watson played 79 percent of GB snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Christian Watson, Week 5 against CHI: 8 targets and 6 catches for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.
• Start Christian Watson over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Christian Watson over George Pickens.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Cooper Kupp.