Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Caleb Williams: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 124 players the market prices.

The market has Caleb Williams at 17.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 10.9 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is a running back and Caleb Williams a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Caleb Williams in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Caleb Williams is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Caleb Williams is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.