Start Christian Watson or Stefon Diggs? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Christian Watson over Stefon Diggs in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 14.6 points and Stefon Diggs at 10.8, a gap of 3.8. No player market is posted for Stefon Diggs this week yet, so his 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (10.7 and 11.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Christian Watson at ADP 58 and Stefon Diggs at 99.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 73 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (10, 8 and 7 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 10.7 and 11.0 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 10.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 3.8 points ahead of Stefon Diggs on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Christian Watson and GB visit NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 32.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and a touchdown a game against NE.

Stefon Diggs and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LAR allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 106 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

By points allowed to the position, Christian Watson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Watson is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Christian Watson played 77 percent of GB snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs played 60 percent of WAS snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 6 against SF: 41 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

Stefon Diggs, Week 8 against PHI: 6 targets and 3 catches for 38 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, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Christian Watson over A.J. Brown.
• Start Chris Olave over Christian Watson.
• Start Christian Watson over DJ Moore.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Devaughn Vele.
• Start DJ Moore over Stefon Diggs.