Should I start Luther Burden III or Jameson Williams in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Luther Burden III, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameson Williams, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Luther Burden III, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Jameson Williams is 3.0 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.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 89 percent of DET snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 91 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jameson Williams was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 4.4 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Jameson Williams WR12.

Jameson Williams had 42 more targets than Luther Burden III, 102 to 60.

Jameson Williams had 465 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 1117 to 652.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 61 percent.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Jameson Williams in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.