Start Deshaun Watson or Tyson Bagent? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tyson Bagent over Deshaun Watson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tyson Bagent at 16.4 points and Deshaun Watson at 12.8, a gap of 3.6. Deshaun Watson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Tyson Bagent this week yet, so his 16.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (17.0 and 15.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.8 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 206 passing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13 and 10 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyson Bagent yet. His market-based projections were 17.0 and 15.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Tyson Bagent 3.6 points ahead of Deshaun Watson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

TEN allowed 15.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 235 yards and a touchdown a game against TEN, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

Tyson Bagent and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 228 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

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

Injury status

Deshaun Watson is not on the injury report.

Tyson Bagent is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 220 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

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.

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.

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 7 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Baker Mayfield over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Bo Nix over Deshaun Watson.
• Start Tyson Bagent over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Baker Mayfield over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent.