Start Ja'Marr Chase or Christian Watson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over Christian Watson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Ja'Marr Chase at 22.0 points and Christian Watson at 14.8, a gap of 7.2. No player market is posted for Christian Watson this week yet, so his 14.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (15.6, 14.9 and 14.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Ja'Marr Chase at ADP 4 and Christian Watson at 58.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Christian Watson yet. His market-based projections were 15.6, 14.9 and 14.0 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 14.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 22.0 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 92 receiving yards, 8-9 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (10, 8 and 11 market sources).

That puts Ja'Marr Chase 7.2 points ahead of Christian Watson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Christian Watson and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

By points allowed to the position, Ja'Marr Chase has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Ja'Marr Chase is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Christian Watson played 77 percent of GB snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Christian Watson, Week 8 against CAR: 34 of 69 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 113 yards.

Christian Watson, Week 9 against NE: 51 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 171 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase played 81 percent of CIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 5 against MIA: 58 of 65 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 8 against TEN: 71 of 74 snaps, 16 targets and 11 catches for 141 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 9 against ATL: 48 of 57 snaps, 12 targets and 10 catches for 155 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, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 772 air yards.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.
• Start Chris Olave over Christian Watson.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Amon-Ra St. Brown.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Chris Olave.