Should I start Jameis Winston or Kyle Williams in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 8:02 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jameis Winston: 85 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kyle Williams's 32 percent of the snaps and 6 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 Kyle Williams for Jameis Winston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Kyle Williams 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Jameis Winston

QB20 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Market-based projection: 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 120

Kyle Williams

WR43 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 4.3 pts a game

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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 Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

Kyle Williams's market-based projection is 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 28 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Kyle Williams was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 12.2 a game between them.

Jameis Winston finished QB46 and Kyle Williams WR112, which are two different ladders.

Jameis Winston is a quarterback and Kyle Williams a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jameis Winston is off in Week 8 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jameis Winston has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Kyle Williams for Jameis Winston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Kyle Williams 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jameis Winston for Kyle Williams?
No. Keep Jameis Winston: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Kyle Williams 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).