Should I start Caleb Williams or Michael Wilson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 26, 4:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Caleb Williams: 96 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Michael Wilson's 90 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Michael Wilson for Caleb Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), Michael Wilson 103 (11.4 a game over 9 games).

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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.

Caleb Williams

QB4 · CHI · bye 10

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Market-based projection: 18.5 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 61

Michael Wilson

WR26 · ARI · bye 14

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Market-based projection: 11.6 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 62

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The gap

Board size336 draftable players

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 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 62nd 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.

No season market is posted for Michael Wilson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 96 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 11 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.

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.

Through Week 6, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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 Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Michael Wilson 13.0, 6.2 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 and Michael Wilson WR10, which are two different ladders.

Caleb Williams is a quarterback and Michael Wilson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Michael Wilson for Caleb Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), Michael Wilson 103 (11.4 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Caleb Williams for Michael Wilson?
No. Keep Caleb Williams: he projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), Michael Wilson 103 (11.4 a game over 9 games).

Should I drop Michael Wilson?