Should I start Jahan Dotson or Kyle Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jahan Dotson is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 30 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahan Dotson scored 3.0 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 0.1 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Jahan Dotson had 15 more targets than Kyle Williams, 36 to 21.

Jahan Dotson had 53 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 262 to 209.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 30 percent.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.