Caleb Williams or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB6 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 27
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
QB7 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 33
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size168 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
The market has Caleb Williams at 17.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 1 market source. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 16.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 2 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Caleb Williams's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 2, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 70 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 1 against CAR he completed 21 of 29 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 10 times for 65 yards.
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.
Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
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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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Caleb Williams was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 5.4 a game between them.
Caleb Williams finished QB5 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.
Caleb Williams had 292 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 568 to 276.
Caleb Williams had 1960 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 3942 to 1982.
This season Michael Penix Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 93 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Caleb Williams is off in Week 10 and Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Caleb Williams is listed as out on the injury report.
Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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