Jameson Williams or Josh Downs: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Josh Downs at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 80th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Downs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 126.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 4 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Josh Downs has been on the field for 86 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 7 of 9 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 4.4 a game between them.

Jameson Williams finished WR12 that year and Josh Downs WR44.

Jameson Williams had 14 more targets than Josh Downs, 102 to 88.

Jameson Williams had 551 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 1117 to 566.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 86 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Jameson Williams is off in Week 6 and Josh Downs in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.