Should I start Parker Washington or Jameson Williams in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Jameson Williams's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameson Williams, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 88 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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 1.4 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Jameson Williams WR12.

Jameson Williams had 7 more targets than Parker Washington, 102 to 95.

Jameson Williams had 270 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1117 to 847.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 75 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Jameson Williams in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.