Should I start Javonte Williams or Caleb Williams in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

Javonte Williams's market-based projection is 15.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 18.8 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 97 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 186 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 186 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

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.

In Week 8 against SEA he completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 4.0 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

Javonte Williams 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

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Caleb Williams in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Caleb Williams has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.