Start Deshaun Watson or Tyson Bagent? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Deshaun Watson over Tyson Bagent in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Deshaun Watson at 16.9 points and Tyson Bagent at 14.5, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Tyson Bagent this week yet, so his 14.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (10.6, 17.0 and 15.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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 205 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 30 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tyson Bagent yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 17.0 and 15.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Deshaun Watson 2.5 points ahead of Tyson Bagent on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Tyson Bagent and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 261 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against ATL, with 0.2 interceptions.

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Tyson Bagent 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, Tyson Bagent played 63 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and threw an average of 6.9 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.

Tyson Bagent, Week 5 against GB: 46 of 69 snaps, 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 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 6 calls

• Start Deshaun Watson over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Tyson Bagent over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Bryce Young over Tyson Bagent.