Start Christian Watson or Tetairoa McMillan? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian Watson over Tetairoa McMillan in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 15.1 points and Tetairoa McMillan at 14.8, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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).

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Tetairoa McMillan, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 70 receiving yards and 5-6 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 9 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 0.4 points ahead of Tetairoa McMillan on the market projections.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Tetairoa McMillan is not on the injury report.

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, Tetairoa McMillan played 87 percent of CAR snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 1 against CHI: 56 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 75 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 2 against ATL: 53 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 101 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 3 against CLE: 73 of 77 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 4 against DET: 67 of 75 snaps, 16 targets and 14 catches for 192 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games for CAR and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 745 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 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 CeeDee Lamb over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Chris Olave over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Davante Adams over Tetairoa McMillan.