Should I start Darren Waller or Kyle Williams in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Kyle Williams's market-based projection is 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 28 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 7.0 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 and Kyle Williams WR112, which are two different ladders.

Darren Waller is a tight end and Kyle Williams a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darren Waller is off in Week 5 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.