Start Deshaun Watson or Daniel Jones? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Deshaun Watson over Daniel Jones in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 16.9 points and Daniel Jones at 16.7, a gap of 0.3. 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 16.9 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 201 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 29 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (11, 13, 11 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 237 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 7 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Deshaun Watson 0.3 points ahead of Daniel Jones on the market projections.

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Daniel Jones 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, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 2 against KC: 65 of 65 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 3 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 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 Daniel Jones over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bo Nix.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young.