WR GB
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Christian Watson?
The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.
Start
#18 WR projection this week — comfortable start.
Start call: Christian Watson projects for 11.5 PPR points this week, ranked #18 among WRs by our projection model. vs CHI is a soft matchup for WRs — the model applies a +10% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 49.5 — 105% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8.7 |
| 2 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 10.5 |
| 5 this week | 11.5 |
| 6 | 12.4 |
| 7 | 11.3 |
| 8 | 9.2 |
| 9 | 9.8 |
| 10 | 8.7 |
| 11 | — |
| 12 | 10.2 |
| 13 | 9.7 |
| 14 | 9.1 |
| 15 | 9.9 |
| 16 | 11.6 |
| 17 | 8.8 |
| 18 | 11.3 |