Caleb Williams or Fernando Mendoza: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB35 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 196
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
QB37 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 214
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size222 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Fernando Mendoza: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Caleb Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Fernando Mendoza, 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 2
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.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Fernando Mendoza this season.
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.
Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Byes and availability
Caleb Williams is off in Week 10 and Fernando Mendoza in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Caleb Williams is listed as out on the injury report.
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