Kyle Williams or Alec Pierce: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 78.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyle Williams at 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The books have Alec Pierce at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Alec Pierce's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 18 percent of NE snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 9.3 a game between them.

Kyle Williams finished WR112 that year and Alec Pierce WR28.

Alec Pierce had 63 more targets than Kyle Williams, 84 to 21.

Alec Pierce had 794 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 1003 to 209.

This season Alec Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 18 percent.

This season Alec Pierce holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Williams is off in Week 11 and Alec Pierce in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Alec Pierce is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.