Start Tyler Huntley or Deshaun Watson? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Deshaun Watson over Tyler Huntley in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 15.5 points and Tyler Huntley at 13.2, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Deshaun Watson this week yet, so his 15.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (16.3, 16.9 and 13.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tyler Huntley this week yet, so his 13.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (11.6, 11.2 and 16.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Deshaun Watson yet. His market-based projections were 16.3, 16.9 and 13.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 15.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tyler Huntley yet. His market-based projections were 11.6, 11.2 and 16.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 13.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Deshaun Watson 2.4 points ahead of Tyler Huntley on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Deshaun Watson and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 13.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 230 yards and a touchdown a game against PIT, with an interception a game.

Tyler Huntley and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 299 yards and 2-3 touchdowns a game against BUF, with 0.5 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Huntley has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 258 times and threw an average of 7.4 air yards per attempt.

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.

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.

Through Week 7, Tyler Huntley played 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 125 times and threw an average of 6.3 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Huntley, Week 4 against TEN: 31 of 64 snaps, 8 of 9 passes for 63 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 yards.

Tyler Huntley, Week 5 against ATL: 76 of 76 snaps, 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 22 yards.

Tyler Huntley, Week 6 against CLE: 57 of 57 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 yards.

Tyler Huntley, Week 7 against CIN: 67 of 67 snaps, 23 of 34 passes for 298 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Huntley played 5 games for BAL and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He completed 52 of 67 passes for 426 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 24 times for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Deshaun Watson over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Bryce Young over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Tyler Huntley over Cam Ward.
• Start Tyler Huntley over Daniel Jones.