Start Deshaun Watson or C.J. Stroud? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Deshaun Watson over C.J. Stroud in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 16.8 points and C.J. Stroud at 16.7, a gap of 0.1. 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 16.8 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 202 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 30 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (11, 15, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for C.J. Stroud, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for C.J. Stroud is 254 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 10 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Deshaun Watson 0.1 points ahead of C.J. Stroud on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

C.J. Stroud and HOU visit JAX on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

JAX allowed 15.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 274 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against JAX, with 1.2 interceptions.

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

C.J. Stroud is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 183 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Deshaun Watson, Week 2 against TB: 58 of 58 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 238 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 24 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 3 against CAR: 69 of 70 snaps, 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 9 carries for 47 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 4 against PIT: 64 of 64 snaps, 24 of 33 passes for 268 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 5 carries for 24 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 5 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 33 passes for 155 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 yards.

Through Week 5, C.J. Stroud played 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 202 times and threw an average of 9.8 air yards per attempt.

C.J. Stroud, Week 2 against CIN: 80 of 80 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 353 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 29 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 3 against IND: 54 of 54 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 4 against DAL: 55 of 55 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 5 against TEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, C.J. Stroud played 14 games for HOU and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He completed 273 of 423 passes for 3041 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 48 times for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Deshaun Watson over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Deshaun Watson.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud.