Jameson Williams or Lamar Jackson: who should I start in Week 5?

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 14.4 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Jameson Williams 12.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Jameson Williams finished WR12 and Lamar Jackson QB20, which are two different ladders.

Jameson Williams is a wide receiver and Lamar Jackson a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jameson Williams.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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