Should I start Kyle Williams or Kalif Raymond in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 Kalif Raymond is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 36 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 0 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against SEA he carried 1 time for 39 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kalif Raymond scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 1.6 a game between them.

Kyle Williams finished WR112 that year and Kalif Raymond WR94.

Kalif Raymond had 9 more targets than Kyle Williams, 30 to 21.

Kalif Raymond had 80 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 289 to 209.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 36 percent.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Williams is off in Week 11 and Kalif Raymond in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.