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Should I start Caleb Williams or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 1:16 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

QB · CHI · vs NE

Market projects
18.8
fantasy pts
NE D vs QB
14.6
6th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
91 of 100 at QB
Snap share
96%
Through Week 6
Sit

QB · PHI · vs DAL

Market projects
16.4
fantasy pts
DAL D vs QB
21.4
5th most to QBs (2026)
Upside
High
94 of 100 at QB
Snap share
100%
Through Week 6
Start Williams or McKee? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Caleb Williams over Tanner McKee in Week 7: 18.8 to 16.4 projected PPR points.

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Caleb Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 186 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.6 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Caleb Williams over Tanner McKee, 18.8 to 16.4 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

QB4 · CHI · bye 10

2025 vs pass yds line 10-7

Market-based projection
18.8 pts a game

QB13 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank
88

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The gap

  • Board size301 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 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Caleb Williams's market-based projection is 18.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 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 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 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 Tanner McKee 3.7, 15.4 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 that year and Tanner McKee QB55.

Caleb Williams had 525 more pass attempts than Tanner McKee, 568 to 43.

Caleb Williams had 3668 more passing yards than Tanner McKee, 3942 to 274.

This season Tanner McKee holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Caleb Williams is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tanner McKee for Caleb Williams?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 186 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.6 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Caleb Williams over Tanner McKee, 18.8 to 16.4 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Caleb Williams for Tanner McKee?

    No. Keep Caleb Williams: he projects 186 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.6 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Caleb Williams over Tanner McKee, 18.8 to 16.4 projected PPR points.

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