Should I start Jalen Nailor or Kyle Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 55 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 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 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 3.0 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Jalen Nailor had 32 more targets than Kyle Williams, 53 to 21.

Jalen Nailor had 235 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 444 to 209.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 30 percent.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.