Start Christian Watson or DeVonta Smith? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian Watson over DeVonta Smith in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 15.4 points and DeVonta Smith at 12.3, a gap of 3.1. Drafters take Christian Watson at ADP 58 and DeVonta Smith at 34.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.4 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 74 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.3 fantasy points for DeVonta Smith, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 57 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 4 and 7 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 3.1 points ahead of DeVonta Smith on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Christian Watson and GB host DAL on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

DeVonta Smith and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

DeVonta Smith 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: 49 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 3, DeVonta Smith played 93 percent of PHI snaps, drew 33 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DeVonta Smith, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

DeVonta Smith, Week 2 against TEN: 67 of 76 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 117 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeVonta Smith, Week 3 against CHI: 50 of 50 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards.

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, DeVonta Smith played 17 games for PHI and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 715 air yards.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.
• Start Chris Olave over Christian Watson.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Carnell Tate.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Chris Olave over DeVonta Smith.