Should I start Kyren Williams or Joe Burrow in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Joe Burrow, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 6.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Joe Burrow is 18.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 71 percent of LAR snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 6 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 2.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 16 times for 49 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 10 times for 50 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 204 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 204 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 3 against PIT he completed 28 of 37 passes for 282 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he completed 39 of 54 passes for 428 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he completed 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

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

In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.

He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyren Williams was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and Kyren Williams 15.5, 1.9 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 and Joe Burrow QB29, which are two different ladders.

Kyren Williams is a running back and Joe Burrow a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Joe Burrow in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.