Davante Adams or Caleb Williams: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

What the player markets price

The market has Davante Adams at 5.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Caleb Williams at 17.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 9 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 15.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 70 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 1 against CAR he completed 21 of 29 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 10 times for 65 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Caleb Williams was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Davante Adams 15.9, 3.2 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Caleb Williams in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Caleb Williams is listed as out on the injury report.