Start Deshaun Watson or Tyson Bagent? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Deshaun Watson over Tyson Bagent
- Market projects
- 16.9
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 15.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Deshaun Watson over Tyson Bagent in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 16.9 points and Tyson Bagent at 15.6, a gap of 1.3. 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 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).
Player markets imply 15.6 fantasy points for Tyson Bagent, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Tyson Bagent at 218.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 5 and 15 market sources).
That puts Deshaun Watson 1.3 points ahead of Tyson Bagent on the market projections.
Injury status
Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.
Tyson Bagent is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
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.
Through Week 4, Tyson Bagent played 62 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 45 times and threw an average of 6.8 air yards per attempt.
Tyson Bagent, Week 2 against MIN: 10 of 74 snaps, 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Tyson Bagent, Week 4 against NYJ: 93 of 93 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 268 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Tyson Bagent played 3 games for CHI and scored 2.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing QB67.
He completed 3 of 4 passes for 47 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 2 times for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB10 · CLE · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB18 · CHI · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 100
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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 board20
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 6
- Board size223 draftable players
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