Should I drop Caleb Williams for CeeDee Lamb?

Not on these numbers alone. Caleb Williams projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games) and CeeDee Lamb 162 (18.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I start Caleb Williams or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 10:06 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Caleb Williams: 95 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against CeeDee Lamb's 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. 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 CeeDee Lamb for Caleb Williams?

Not on these numbers alone. CeeDee Lamb projects 162 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 9 games) and Caleb Williams 167 (18.5 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Caleb Williams

QB7 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs pass yds line 3-1

Market-based projection: 17.5 pts a game

CeeDee Lamb

WR31 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 4-3

Market-based projection: 17.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 68

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The gap

Board size294 draftable players

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 Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Caleb Williams's market-based projection is 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

CeeDee Lamb's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 97 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 150 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 150 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.

In Week 2 against MIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 42 yards.

In Week 6 against ATL he completed 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

In Week 7 against NE he completed 22 of 33 passes for 308 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 19 yards.

Through Week 7, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 3 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 15 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Caleb Williams played 17 games and scored 325.2 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB5.

He threw for 3942 yards on 568 attempts with 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 33.4 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Caleb Williams was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 4.8 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Caleb Williams is a quarterback and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Caleb Williams is off in Week 10 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop CeeDee Lamb for Caleb Williams?
Not on these numbers alone. CeeDee Lamb projects 162 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 9 games) and Caleb Williams 167 (18.5 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Caleb Williams for CeeDee Lamb?
Not on these numbers alone. Caleb Williams projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games) and CeeDee Lamb 162 (18.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.