Should I start Davante Adams or Jameson Williams in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 9:31 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jameson Williams: 90 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Davante Adams's 84 percent of the snaps and 19 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 Jameson Williams for Davante Adams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Davante Adams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games), Jameson Williams 124 (11.3 a game over 11 games). Davante Adams is listed out.

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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.

Davante Adams

WR12 · LAR · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 14.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 29

Jameson Williams

WR97 · DET · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 10.3 pts a game Wk 5 price
Overall rank: 240

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The gap

Board size332 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 Davante Adams, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameson Williams, and the board ranks him 240th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Jameson Williams, 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 so far

Through Week 6, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Jameson Williams 12.9, 3.0 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Jameson Williams WR12.

Davante Adams had 12 more targets than Jameson Williams, 114 to 102.

Jameson Williams had 328 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1117 to 789.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 76 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Jameson Williams in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Davante Adams is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jameson Williams for Davante Adams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Davante Adams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games), Jameson Williams 124 (11.3 a game over 11 games). Davante Adams is listed out.
Should I drop Davante Adams for Jameson Williams?
No. Keep Davante Adams: he projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games), Jameson Williams 124 (11.3 a game over 11 games). Davante Adams is listed out.