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Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Javonte Williams in Week 8?

Updated Nov 2, 10:31 PM ET.

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  • : Amon-Ra St. Brown: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown: 87 percent of the snaps and 30 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Javonte Williams's 74 percent of the snaps and 73 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Javonte Williams for Amon-Ra St. Brown?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Amon-Ra St. Brown projects 179 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 9 games), Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games). Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Amon-Ra St. Brown

WR5 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-4

Market-based projection
18.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
9

Javonte Williams

RB4 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 4-4

Market-based projection
17.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
10

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Javonte Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 87 percent of DET snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 24 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 5 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 76 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 9 of 11 targets for 153 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 3.9 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is a wide receiver and Javonte Williams a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Javonte Williams for Amon-Ra St. Brown?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Amon-Ra St. Brown projects 179 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 9 games), Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games). Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Amon-Ra St. Brown for Javonte Williams?

    No. Keep Amon-Ra St. Brown: he projects 179 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 9 games), Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games). Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed questionable.

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