Start Deshaun Watson or Fernando Mendoza? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Deshaun Watson over Fernando Mendoza in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 13.0 points and Fernando Mendoza at 9.7, a gap of 3.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.0 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 210 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns, 28 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Fernando Mendoza, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Fernando Mendoza is 181 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns, 13 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (15, 16, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Deshaun Watson 3.4 points ahead of Fernando Mendoza on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Deshaun Watson and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 263 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against HOU, with 0.4 interceptions a game.

Fernando Mendoza and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 169 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with an interception a game.

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

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Fernando Mendoza is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Deshaun Watson played 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

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.

Deshaun Watson, Week 6 against BAL: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 29 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 7 against TEN: 70 of 70 snaps, 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 19 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 8 against PIT: 66 of 70 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 3 yards.

Through Week 5, Fernando Mendoza played 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and threw an average of 5.9 air yards per attempt.

Fernando Mendoza, Week 5 against NE: 10 of 60 snaps, 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Fernando Mendoza.
• Start Bryce Young over Fernando Mendoza.
• Start Cam Ward over Fernando Mendoza.