Start Jordan Watkins or Quentin Johnston? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Quentin Johnston over Jordan Watkins in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Quentin Johnston at 7.0 points and Jordan Watkins at 5.5, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Quentin Johnston this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (7.2 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jordan Watkins this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (5.2 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jordan Watkins yet. His market-based projections were 5.2 and 5.8 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Quentin Johnston yet. His market-based projections were 7.2 and 6.8 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Quentin Johnston 1.5 points ahead of Jordan Watkins on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jordan Watkins and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

Quentin Johnston and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 34.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 173 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Quentin Johnston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins played 56 percent of SF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 7 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 9 against LV: 56 of 73 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Quentin Johnston played 81 percent of LAC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Quentin Johnston, Week 4 against SEA: 53 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 44 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 6 against KC: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 57 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 8 against LAR: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 9 against HOU: 60 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Quentin Johnston played 14 games for LAC and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 514 air yards.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Jordan Watkins over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Quentin Johnston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Quentin Johnston over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Quentin Johnston.