Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Caleb Williams in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Caleb Williams: 93 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dontayvion Wicks's 88 percent of the snaps and 21 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 Dontayvion Wicks for Caleb Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 186 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.6 a game over 10 games), Dontayvion Wicks 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed questionable.

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

Dontayvion Wicks

WR20 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 6.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 45

Caleb Williams

QB5 · CHI · bye 10

2025 vs pass yds line 10-7

Market-based projection: 18.8 pts a game

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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 Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

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

Caleb Williams's market-based projection is 18.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 82 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 11 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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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 Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 13.7 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks finished WR83 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

Dontayvion Wicks 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

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Dontayvion Wicks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Caleb Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 186 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.6 a game over 10 games), Dontayvion Wicks 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed questionable.
Should I drop Caleb Williams for Dontayvion Wicks?
No. Keep Caleb Williams: he projects 186 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.6 a game over 10 games), Dontayvion Wicks 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed questionable.