Start Christian Watson or Jalen Coker? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Jalen Coker over Christian Watson in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Jalen Coker at 14.5 points and Christian Watson at 14.7, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jalen Coker's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

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

The books have Christian Watson at 71.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15 and 18 books).

Player prop markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Jalen Coker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Jalen Coker at 61.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10 and 15 books).

That puts Christian Watson 0.2 points ahead of Jalen Coker on the books.

Week 3 matchups

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

ATL allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and no touchdowns a game against ATL.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Jalen Coker is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Christian Watson played 83 percent of GB snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian Watson, Week 1 against MIN: 52 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 147 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian Watson, Week 2 against NYJ: 53 of 59 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Jalen Coker played 80 percent of CAR snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Coker, Week 1 against CHI: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jalen Coker, Week 2 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 66 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.

Christian Watson, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 29 of 47 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 113 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.3 PPR points.

In 2025, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Coker, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 47 of 51 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 47 yards, 1 touchdown, 16.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start DeVonta Smith over Christian Watson.
• Start Christian Watson over DJ Moore.
• Start Jalen Coker over DeVonta Smith.
• Start Drake London over Jalen Coker.
• Start Garrett Wilson over Jalen Coker.