Should I start Jameson Williams or Keenan Allen in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 5:11 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Jameson Williams over Keenan Allen

- Market projects
- 11.4
- fantasy pts
- GB D vs WR
- 33.0
- 13th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 90%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 5

- Market projects
- 9.8
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs WR
- 27.1
- 5th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 23%
- Through Week 6
Start Jameson Williams: 90 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Keenan Allen's 64 percent of the snaps and 25 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 Keenan Allen for Jameson Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameson Williams projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.3 a game over 11 games), Keenan Allen 86 (8.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Jameson Williams over Keenan Allen.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR17 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 11.5 pts a game
WR61 · IND · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 11.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 147
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The gap
- Board size299 draftable players
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 Jameson Williams, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Jameson Williams's market-based projection is 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.
Keenan Allen's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 5, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 29 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.
In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 6, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 62 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 12 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 20 two minute targets.
His 40 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.
In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.
He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 2.2 a game between them.
Jameson Williams finished WR12 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.
Keenan Allen had 20 more targets than Jameson Williams, 122 to 102.
Jameson Williams had 340 more receiving yards than Keenan Allen, 1117 to 777.
This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 62 percent.
This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Jameson Williams is off in Week 6 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Keenan Allen has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Keenan Allen for Jameson Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameson Williams projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.3 a game over 11 games), Keenan Allen 86 (8.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Jameson Williams over Keenan Allen.
Should I drop Jameson Williams for Keenan Allen?
No. Keep Jameson Williams: he projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.3 a game over 11 games), Keenan Allen 86 (8.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Jameson Williams over Keenan Allen.
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