Should I start Caleb Williams or Jared Goff in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:06 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Caleb Williams over Jared Goff
Williams projects lower, 18.0 to 18.6, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 87 for Williams, 106 for Goff.
- Market projects
- 18.0
- recent weeks avg
- TB D vs QB
- 14.7
- 6th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 18.6
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs QB
- 20.3
- 7th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 8
Start Caleb Williams over Jared Goff in Week 9. Williams projects lower, 18.0 to 18.6, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 87 for Williams, 106 for Goff.
Should I drop Caleb Williams for Jared Goff?
Not on these numbers alone. Caleb Williams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games) and Jared Goff 150 (16.7 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Caleb Williams over Jared Goff.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
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
QB26 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 4-3
- Market-based projection
- 16.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 163
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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 Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Caleb Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market-based projection for Jared Goff is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season so far
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.
Through Week 8, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 269 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 41 of 269 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 5 against ARI he completed 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 7 against GB he completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
In Week 8 against MIN he completed 18 of 25 passes for 176 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.
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.
In 2025 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.
He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Jared Goff 17.9, 1.2 a game between them.
Caleb Williams finished QB5 that year and Jared Goff QB9.
Jared Goff had 10 more pass attempts than Caleb Williams, 578 to 568.
Jared Goff had 622 more passing yards than Caleb Williams, 4564 to 3942.
This season Jared Goff holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 97 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Caleb Williams is off in Week 10 and Jared Goff in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Caleb Williams for Jared Goff?
Not on these numbers alone. Caleb Williams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games) and Jared Goff 150 (16.7 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Caleb Williams over Jared Goff.
Should I drop Jared Goff for Caleb Williams?
Not on these numbers alone. Jared Goff projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 9 games) and Caleb Williams 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Caleb Williams over Jared Goff.
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