Start Christian Watson or Rashee Rice? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian Watson over Rashee Rice in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 15.1 points and Rashee Rice at 12.1, a gap of 3.0. No player market is posted for Rashee Rice this week yet, so his 12.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (11.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.1 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 and 4-5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (13, 9 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Rashee Rice yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 13.0 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 12.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Rashee Rice a 41% chance to score a touchdown (6 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 3.0 points ahead of Rashee Rice on these projections.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

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 4, Rashee Rice played 64 percent of KC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashee Rice, Week 1 against DEN: 57 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashee Rice, Week 2 against IND: 63 of 80 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 3 against MIA: 40 of 52 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 88 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 4 against LV: 6 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.

He was on the field for 73 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 Rashee Rice over Carnell Tate.
• Start Davante Adams over Rashee Rice.
• Start Rashee Rice over Denzel Boston.