Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Caleb Williams in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:21 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Caleb Williams: 95 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ja'Marr Chase's 61 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Caleb Williams for Ja'Marr Chase?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ja'Marr Chase projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 9 games), Caleb Williams 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR2 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 18.4 pts a game
QB4 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 4-1
- Market-based projection
- 17.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 8
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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 Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.
The market-based projections
Ja'Marr Chase's market-based projection is 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Caleb Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 13 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 43 two minute targets.
His 61 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.
In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 7, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 97 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 150 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 150 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.
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.
In Week 7 against NE he completed 22 of 33 passes for 308 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 19 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.
He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.
That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 94 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 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Caleb Williams 19.1, 0.5 a game between them.
Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.
Ja'Marr Chase 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
Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Caleb Williams in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Caleb Williams 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 Caleb Williams for Ja'Marr Chase?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ja'Marr Chase projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 9 games), Caleb Williams 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Ja'Marr Chase for Caleb Williams?
No. Keep Ja'Marr Chase: he projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 9 games), Caleb Williams 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games).
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