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Should I start Laquon Treadwell or Kyle Williams in Week 7?

Updated Oct 24, 6:36 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · IND · at MIN

Market projects
5.3
recent weeks avg
MIN D vs WR
27.1
5th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
20 of 100 at WR
Snap share
76%
Through Week 6
Target share
12%
Through Week 6
Sit

WR · NE · at CHI · final

Market projected
4.4
pre-game
CHI D vs WR
31.5
15th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
24 of 100 at WR
Snap share
28%
Through Week 6
Target share
6%
Through Week 6
Start Treadwell or Williams? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Laquon Treadwell: 86 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kyle Williams's 32 percent of the snaps and 6 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR61 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
4.5 pts a game

WR62 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
4.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
169

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Laquon Treadwell's market-based projection is 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 145th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Kyle Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 2 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 28 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

He was on the field for 5 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.

Kyle Williams was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

Kyle Williams had 21 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 21 to 0.

Kyle Williams had 209 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 209 to 0.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 28 percent.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Laquon Treadwell is off in Week 13 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kyle Williams has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Both players in full

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