Start Deshaun Watson or Justin Herbert? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Deshaun Watson over Justin Herbert in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 16.9 points and Justin Herbert at 13.8, a gap of 3.0.

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 203 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 30 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.8 fantasy points for Justin Herbert, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 194 passing yards, 25 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Deshaun Watson 3.0 points ahead of Justin Herbert on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Justin Herbert and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 13.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 229 yards and a touchdown a game against KC, with an interception.

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Justin Herbert 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, Justin Herbert played 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 175 times and threw an average of 8.5 air yards per attempt.

Justin Herbert, Week 2 against LV: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 2 yards.

Justin Herbert, Week 3 against BUF: 69 of 69 snaps, 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 17 yards.

Justin Herbert, Week 4 against SEA: 71 of 71 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 yards.

Justin Herbert, Week 5 against DEN: 67 of 67 snaps, 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 6 carries for 54 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Justin Herbert played 16 games for LAC and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He completed 340 of 512 passes for 3727 yards, 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 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 Justin Herbert over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Justin Herbert.
• Start Bryce Young over Justin Herbert.