Should I start Javonte Williams or Jahan Dotson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Javonte Williams: 78 percent of the snaps and 74 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Jahan Dotson's 65 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Jahan Dotson for Javonte Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Javonte Williams projects 165 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 50 (5.0 a game over 10 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.

Javonte Williams

RB17 · DAL · bye 14

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Market-based projection: 17.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 58

Jahan Dotson

WR27 · ATL · bye 11

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Market-based projection: 5.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 60

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The gap

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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 Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, taken 70 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 15 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 12 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 12.2 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.

Javonte Williams is a running back and Jahan Dotson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Jahan Dotson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Javonte Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Javonte Williams projects 165 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 50 (5.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Javonte Williams for Jahan Dotson?
No. Keep Javonte Williams: he projects 165 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 50 (5.0 a game over 10 games).