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Watson holds the lead in PPR points per game (18.4 vs. 16.4), but he is banged up, and those numbers could be even closer if Golden didn't lead the NFL in drops (9), unrealized air yards (898, 215 more than second place) and DPI penalties drawn (6x, 115 yards).
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Golden's elite separation and route metrics edge Watson despite lower PPR average.

Trails Deshaun Watson in PPR points per game (16.4 vs. 18.4), but Watson is banged up. Golden leads the NFL in drops (9), unrealized air yards (898, 215 more than second place), and DPI penalties drawn (6x, 115 yards) while leading the NFL in percentage of targets to travel 20-plus yards downfield (31.3%). Holds large advantages over Watson in separation score (+0.178 vs. -0.22), yards per route run (3.27 vs. 0.51) and targets per route run (0.4 vs. 0.18). Patriots run man coverage at a top-3 rate. Likely to avoid shadow coverage from Christian Gonzalez, who will probably shadow Watson based on size difference.

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