Terry McLaurin or Caleb Williams: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 64.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Caleb Williams, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 79 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Caleb Williams was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 7.7 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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

Caleb Williams is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Caleb Williams has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.