Should I start Kyle Williams or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

The market-based projections

Kyle Williams's market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ja'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 27 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 75 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Kyle Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 16.7 a game between them.

Kyle Williams finished WR112 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 164 more targets than Kyle Williams, 185 to 21.

Ja'Marr Chase had 1203 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 1412 to 209.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 27 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Williams is off in Week 11 and Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.