Start Christian Watson or Garrett Wilson? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Garrett Wilson over Christian Watson in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Garrett Wilson at 15.4 points and Christian Watson at 14.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Garrett Wilson this week yet, so his 15.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (16.0, 15.8 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Garrett Wilson at ADP 27 and Christian Watson at 58.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Garrett Wilson yet. His market-based projections were 16.0, 15.8 and 14.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 15.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 0-1 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.7 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 70 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Garrett Wilson 0.7 points ahead of Christian Watson on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Garrett Wilson and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Garrett Wilson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Garrett Wilson is not on the injury report.

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Garrett Wilson played 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Garrett Wilson, Week 4 against CHI: 32 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Garrett Wilson, Week 5 against CLE: 65 of 70 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 104 yards, 1 touchdown.

Garrett Wilson, Week 6 against NE: 61 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

Garrett Wilson, Week 7 against MIA: 50 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Garrett Wilson played 7 games for NYJ and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 291 air yards.

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

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Garrett Wilson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Garrett Wilson.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Garrett Wilson.
• Start A.J. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.