Should I start Jaylin Noel or Kyle Williams in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylin Noel: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 210th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 45 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 27 percent of NE snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 17.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylin Noel scored 4.0 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 1.1 a game between them.

Jaylin Noel finished WR91 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Jaylin Noel had 14 more targets than Kyle Williams, 35 to 21.

Jaylin Noel had 83 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 292 to 209.

This season Jaylin Noel holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 27 percent.

This season Jaylin Noel holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylin Noel is off in Week 8 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.