Start Christian Watson or DJ Moore? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Christian Watson over DJ Moore in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 14.9 points and DJ Moore at 12.1, a gap of 2.8. Drafters take Christian Watson at ADP 58 and DJ Moore at 46.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.9 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 72 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (8, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for DJ Moore, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 55 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 2.8 points ahead of DJ Moore on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Christian Watson and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 27.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CAR.

DJ Moore and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, DJ Moore has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable with a shoulder - ac joint injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Christian Watson played 81 percent of GB snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Christian Watson, Week 6 against DAL: 66 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 64 yards.

Christian Watson, Week 7 against DET: 54 of 67 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 4, DJ Moore played 51 percent of BUF snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DJ Moore, Week 1 against HOU: 44 of 58 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 100 yards, 1 touchdown.

DJ Moore, Week 2 against DET: 23 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

DJ Moore, Week 3 against LAC: 42 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 67 yards.

DJ Moore, Week 4 against NE: 23 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 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, DJ Moore played 17 games for CHI and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 460 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start A.J. Brown over DJ Moore.
• Start DJ Moore over Carnell Tate.
• Start DJ Moore over Denzel Boston.