Should I start Caleb Williams or Jayden Daniels in Week 9?

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 Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 90th 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 Jayden Daniels is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 88 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 176 times and thrown 8.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 25 of 176 dropbacks and scrambled 21 times.

In Week 5 against NYG he completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 104 yards.

In Week 6 against SF he completed 29 of 38 passes for 300 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 11 yards.

In Week 8 against PHI he completed 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 23 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 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Caleb Williams was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 2.4 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 that year and Jayden Daniels QB34.

Caleb Williams had 380 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 568 to 188.

Caleb Williams had 2680 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 3942 to 1262.

This season Caleb Williams holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 88 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Caleb Williams is off in Week 10 and Jayden Daniels in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.