Should I start Josh Allen or Javonte Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Allen, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Allen is 5.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 7.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Josh Allen's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Allen has been on the field for 100 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 5 against LAR he completed 12 of 19 passes for 210 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 10 times for 121 yards.

In Week 6 against LV he completed 23 of 33 passes for 255 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he completed 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 30 yards.

Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Allen played 17 games and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.

He threw for 3668 yards on 460 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.

That came to 27.1 attempts a game at 8.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Allen was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 6.9 a game between them.

Josh Allen finished QB1 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

Josh Allen is a quarterback and Javonte Williams a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Josh Allen is off in Week 7 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.