Jake Ferguson or Caleb Williams: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The market has Caleb Williams at 17.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 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, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

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 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 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 Jake Ferguson 11.1, 8.1 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

Jake Ferguson is a tight end and Caleb Williams a quarterback, 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. No bye is listed for Jake Ferguson.

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.