Start Dak Prescott or Deshaun Watson? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Dak Prescott over Deshaun Watson
- Market projects
- 21.7
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.9
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Dak Prescott over Deshaun Watson in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 21.7 points and Deshaun Watson at 16.9, a gap of 4.8.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 21.7 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Dak Prescott at 265.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 18, 16 and 17 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Deshaun Watson at 203.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 25.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16, 13 and 14 market sources).
That puts Dak Prescott 4.8 points ahead of Deshaun Watson on the market projections.
Injury status
Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.
Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 167 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.
Dak Prescott, Week 1 against NYG: 58 of 58 snaps, 22 of 34 passes for 175 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.
Dak Prescott, Week 2 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 26 yards.
Dak Prescott, Week 3 against BAL: 74 of 74 snaps, 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.
Dak Prescott, Week 4 against HOU: 78 of 78 snaps, 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.
Through Week 4, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 139 times and threw an average of 6.6 air yards per attempt.
Deshaun Watson, Week 1 against JAX: 51 of 51 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 205 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 6 carries for 38 yards.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB2 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 28
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
QB10 · CLE · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board52
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 7
- Board size222 draftable players
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