Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Javonte Williams in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Ja'Marr Chase's market-based projection is 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 223 players with a market-based projection.

Javonte Williams's market-based projection is 15.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 223 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 80 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 4.4 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.7 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.