Should I start Caleb Williams or Malik Willis in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 18.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Willis's market-based projection is 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based 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, 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.

Through Week 8, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 225 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 225 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.

In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.

In Week 8 against NE he completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, threw 2 touchdowns 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 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Caleb Williams was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 6.3 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 that year and Malik Willis QB45.

Caleb Williams had 533 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 568 to 35.

Caleb Williams had 3520 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 3942 to 422.

This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 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 Malik Willis in Week 6, 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.