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Davis Mattek fantasy football takes on Deshaun Watson
Every source-backed video insight STACKED has extracted from Davis Mattek about Deshaun Watson.
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All Davis Mattek insights about Deshaun Watson
NegativeProjectionJul 31, 2026
Davis Mattek expresses severe skepticism about Deshaun Watson's 2025 outlook. He does not believe in a Watson resurgence season, stating 'I don't think it happens. I think even if Watson starts a season, he's gonna be terrible.' Mattek cites Watson's 2021 EPA per play as 'terrible' and 'god awful,' predicting he will be 'benched with an absolute swiftness.' He also questions Watson's durability, asking 'how many games do you think Deshaun Watson is going to play? Like four, five.' Mattek has Watson at 82 teams for $469 in his portfolio, indicating minimal exposure.NegativeProjectionJul 11, 2026
Deshaun Watson ranks among the seven worst quarterbacks in the NFL by adjusted EPA per play over the last five years, alongside Bailey Zappe, P.J. Walker, Tommy DeVito, Zach Wilson, and Trey Lance. Davis Mattek's quant model projects 2,000 passing yards and eight passing touchdowns, but Mattek emphasizes 'It's not like it's a good situation. It's not like you want to take Deshaun Watson.' Despite this, Mattek selected Watson as a late-round value at pick 207 in best ball, comparing him favorably to Aaron Rodgers at pick 162 as a closing-line value play, though Mattek acknowledges it was not one of his proudest draft moments.NegativeProjectionJul 4, 2026
Watson is ranked below Gardner Minshew, Aiden O'Connell, and Kenny Pickett, with Kenny Pickett being a better quarterback over the last four years.NegativeProjectionJul 4, 2026
Watson is described as 'basically the worst quarterback in football' with a 39% success rate and -2 CPOE, worse than Will Levis, Spencer Rattler, Sam Howell, Cooper Rush, Davis Mills, and Josh Dobbs.NegativeBustJul 4, 2026
Deshaun Watson is the worst quarterback in football with a 39% success rate and -2 CPOE, worse than Will Levis, Spencer Rattler, Sam Howell, Cooper Rush, Davis Mills, Josh Dobbs, Gardner Minshew, Aiden O'Connell, and Kenny Pickett.NegativeProjectionJul 4, 2026
Mike Quant projects Deshaun Watson for 311 pass attempts, 15 passing touchdowns, and 13 interceptions for the Browns—described as 'dark, dark, dark stuff.'NegativeValueJun 20, 2026
JJ Zachariason indicates that adding Deshaun Watson would only be necessary if in 'quarterback jail'—i.e., if the draft had gone poorly at the position; not needed in his current late-round QB strategy.PositiveValueJun 13, 2026
Davis Mattek considers taking a third quarterback as a viable strategy and explicitly names DeShaun Watson as an acceptable option if the drafter has a strong positional preference, positioning him as a reasonable late-round QB target.NegativeRoleJun 7, 2026
The source is not buying into Deshaun Watson as the Browns' starting quarterback at season's end, preferring to view another quarterback as more likely to be the starter by year-end.